The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-20

G.NAg AtAhI wv IA ugtkhuVlI ~ Alguhoi
N hai planning HSn %o; the .s SsG MnS ,sEss's 81 n ssr Is%iiis.
committed suicide on her own account.
II ,appoars that the saetarians'. retreat at Ter
r fam nun MAS oS SiHisad1 sister, sssSlH Vi.a Sls,' g woman SS '%e OF
strikins pers9nality 70 whose efforts was mainly
fifteen years before. Whenever the nun would
arrive the singing of psalms at the retreat would
l EH on loud lSSSrs 5. .S SsTa ' u &. s only % soos. DTSyfc e. %s, #
tSs sheet sse o, %si o' y T, the M TSr.S Sister and yi ssms
from a family OF small merchants In the city Of
tie influence eIsrssaa By tSs. Woman on ali PEG:
priest Of the hierarchio sectarians OF Ternovks
testified that 4 was impossible to resist the
est word uttered By the masterfui woman. sell.
a avg sn %ssroT SiHlSH & away. E n fsst, as sss we'll p aS 9Seir
own lives. a. appeared At tho Tragedy that was
As the time for the taking Of the census drew
near. the visits OF Sister. vitalia to the Skeet at
the ascetlcism and tanaticism OF her followers
more and more imprisoned, and all the timo
the excitement Of the sectsrians at their prayer
meetings grew apaco, reaching q high degree Of
yitalia at that time were all struck by the won
she carried her erect figure. the extreme auster-
ity Of her face, her great eyes illuminated BY
her ocreIisionisss tooScSed in = the old siTsvonio
~ heha uuBV uoou IN IA TUllklouo "Eltiuk1 VI luo
their ailesiance 70 jesus Christ. to refuse to Q COM
Hoy give Ease up 5h shs sST iiS ,sss for Of sS ssH Ess Saviour c1 fh Tats aer
peal seems to have been scattered far and wide,
and had 2 powerful influence on the minds OF
Teoiore Kovelet speak, freely Of Sister VI.
people, have immolated themselves Q, the altar
on in,m their b Re se',hS ME s, sfNn .Ityi pEsd tI ,Sa s Issi :, was vas
sroap. a y s II" t Tass . frT fna ht pr sHs Fsst 81 t ior
death BY. sufocation went on Vitalia preached
her cruel religious tenets, and. strange t relate,
II seems that her eloquence was not only all
powerful with grown people, but that she held
even the small children under her spell. At
passionate appeals, nine, sectarians determined
the men having drawn lots and the part Of eS.
ecutioner having fallen on him. barring him. to
mon martyrtom-ail the fanatics went on sing
ing and rejoicing to the end. When discovered.
their bodies were found immured in a dark. mar
row cave alongside the wal! OF the cellar built
by the koyalefs' cottage; The cave has since
only entrance into it was found to have been by
means of a small hole. through which a grown
By the use Of persistent effort. In that one spot
, only a few stones were found, with traces OF
/ f fe@oS ssn spd on qeD then 1 sAesins 'h9} ~! had 1 sss1
sides OF the walls of the cave were examined
most carefully, and not a place found whence the
. Thus il was proved beyond a doubt that the
{ executioner. Koyalef. ,colli not have, possibly
i - 49, "a hAo I'LL lAL viz
= Guided. mus, have squeezed themselves into the
/ aides that, all the ladies were found lying pc zee
. fully side by side on empty bags and cloth!ns
suggestion Of a struggle or OF violence appearing
In the position OF the bodies. Strange as Il
l to slow death without opposition. As to kovale
that kindly man and loving father as all knew
: dean With " SsG an e zPseas NOV OF q hidden d. Pe sati Isl aes on
. as OF a duty well performed, evidently hidini
; and sne I reeei Wss e . me; reSi su ero SsTfan ee b bs own own I az
q so oSI; ;or the wallihs IN r. 81 his st own wife AM M
e reIisioinisths, is not the, only. crime that kovale
q sets up now to the authorities in his claim TO tn,
right OF martyTdom at the hands Of the law.
y TO have had a hand at the self immolation o
another. group of his coreligionists and rela
port OF this last statement Kovalef pointed Oh
TO the police an ordinary grave OF large dlmen
d over that has grave "ee Was leTelIed down BY Koya.s
Q himself, so he says; and. indeed. no one woul,
a cottage of the farmers Sookhots. had he no
~ pointed out the place and directed the diggers
water from the overflow Of the bniester at tn
d spring freshets. Originally the grave had
|. R %ith the n oateT TorId, s sna il was s9I thpoash ths
;" tunnel that the fanatics must have crept on al
e must have laid down in that grave. pulling III
a loose earth over themselves!
g Ko one eG'i @so ~e pe,n S.yP1 out te easS as ,s ssye La a.
70 There was the owner Of the farm. SooGhof, an
IS ms Hn, wIt en and .h RGv ave oa oW ! p ana s and S ano bn
lc band, Sookhot,s mother had disappeared. but
~ Is well known that she hsa helped TO carry on
Nd . nd to her another OF her grsnddaughters tc
,s girl also buried alive; In this case, as in all II
&c others, the stomachs Of the victims wei
m food whatever; moved by their intense ascot
" eisn these rich peasants had evidently kept ia,
" long Beforehand in their preparations for aasun
n Relatives and friends of the sookhof coup.
sss hearted, Jolly disposition. always ready to q!
a away his money or to spend II on his friend
q be is said to have frequented the tHverns and
se have been seen smoking cigars on occasion
ne although not in his own house; SMOKING oein
:. held a great sin by these sectRrians. The movir
u woman-the young wife Of Jolly s~ookhot-
n Of iron, She It. Was who resolved to achis1
Il martyrdom. and it was at her bidding that h,
=. husband and babies obediently crept to the
as as The above cited Instances strongly point to IL
70 fact that such victims Of their own fanatics
e ordinary stamp 9! The Runners but mn
ne social sect OF the Nietovtze. whose teaching is Ii
ID creed Of pure desp ,lr at the world's wiGkedness
s: s ssSrt ms.,y TeS sef X t ihs world sTSTp s OF o aeSGni 70 az !
he cape eternal punishment In the next. The
OF entity Of TirasPoi Y At present full OF rImors
40 not content with their life Of ascettcism. ha'
10 "a followed the injunction of Sister vitalia; al
20 In presence OF these facts and rumors, one ca
~ not help asking ones self. what Is this Is
y, ~ hypnotfsm. the s.me, as is observed In religio
70 frenzy. are ready to thrust all they possess
the lap Of the leader that moves them Or
~ this the insidious sweetness OF the poison
hysteria that prompts dull and even placid M
=. and women TO congregate In order TO share I
ne once tasted sweetness OF eIaltation in commo
ir9 Who can tell