The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15

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 A savage and revolting case of lynch i. ing occurred on Sunday last in the village of Voleckhi, in the government of Volhynia- A young and beautiful wom- an living in the village had succeeded in mourning the hatred of the other women of the village by her flirtations with the men of the neighborhood, both married and single, the womens hatred for the girl reaching a climax on Sunday when it became known that on her ao- count one of the young men of the vil- lage had broken his promise to marry another girl.
 On coming out of church the women, both old and young, threw themselves upon the firt, and, in spite of her cries for mercy, tore all her clothes off. They then dragged her through the village by the hair of her head, beating and stoning her mercilessly. At first the men laughed, but when they saw how savagely the girl was being maltreated they attempted to rescue her. The infuriated women, how ever, drove them off, and then dragged their unhappy victim, who was by now a mass of wounds, to a large tree just outside the village, where they hanged her to one of the branches, and then lighted a fire of brushwood under her. When the police arrived on the scene they found the victim of the womens fury lying dead under the tree, blackened to cinder.
 I am informed under good authority that the report from London that the German, ambassador in Constantinople Baron von Marschall, and General von Goltz are endeavoring to induce Turkey to join the Triple Alliance is absolutely unfounded and fantastic.
 Baron yon Marschall has been for long time time past on furlough In Ger many, and General von Goltz arrived in Constantinople on Monday in order to aid in the reorganization of the Turkish army. Moreover most of the Turkish of ficials here declare that Turkey at pres ent is not sufficiently united nor strong enough to entertain the idea of any such political combination.
 At Sachsenhausen, a suburb of Frank fort-on-M Main, yesterday evening a mob of 200 persons surrounded a house in habted by the parents of a 16-year-old girl, who, in desperation of her contin- ued i'll treatment by her father and moth er jumped out of a window and was taken to the hospital In a serious condi- tion.
 The dwelling was broken into and the parents dragged out and driven from street to street by the infuriated neigh bors beneath a shower of kicks and cuffs
 Tine cuiprits tried to take refuge at the police station, but the crowd cut off their escape
 They finally reached hotel the land lord of which let them in and then promptly closed the doors and telephoned for the police. A strong force of con- stables soon arrived and dispersed the enraged mob with drawn swords Even after this. however, the police had con siderable difficulty in getting the parents back to their dwelling, in view of the de- termined opposition of tn crowd
 At midnight the people made another determined effort to break the cordon and drag out the culprits, and the police had to guard the house all night
 A strange tragedy took place on the Danube steamer Josef Karl when it ar rived at the Roumanian port of Zurgievo yesterday.
 Turk named Asan, one of the crew, had fallen in love with a pretty Rou- manian girl, one of the passengers When she rejected his advances he declared that he would land with her.
 The girl appealed to the captain, who ordered the crew to prevent Asan from leaving the steamer. Thereupon the Turk drew a knife and killed one sailor and wounded two others who tried to stop him from crossing the gangway.
 Asan was then placed in irons, but he managed to reach the side of the steamer after it left Ziurgievo and threw himself into the water. He was drowned before he could be rescued