| Show THE COUN rESS fESS OF BLOOD A noted psychological writer riter of Breslau Germany named Von Elsberg Els- Els Elsberg berg has in press a book which be bas written as al a psychological p study an and which gives a history of one of the most remarkable criminals that ever eve lived Elizabeth Bathori who w was known in Sn her ber lifetime as the tb Countess of of Blood Although nearly three hundred years yean have bave elapsed since her ber career of ot crime was wasat wasat at its ita height the record of oher her bel deeds possesses a horrible int interest relt to tc the modern student of history and especially to the investigator of ot crim- crim crimInal criminal Inal phenomena Were it not DOt that t the th announcement of the book book- bookis is accompanied by the assurance that bat is 18 reputation a man of learning and I byI tion who baa has thoroughly by b I historic proofs every statement con con- contained in it the possibility or of such a career of crime as it recounts might well be doubted A special dispatch which late late- lately lately lately ly appeared in the San Fran Fran- Francisco cisco Chronicle gives some lome fit of the leading tarts contained in the tb work which is 18 said to be the first authentic account of or the deeds eeds of ot the Countess of ot ever published although she is a character well known to those who have bave read the history ot of oher her ber country and aDd times She w wan was the he niece of Bathori king of 01 Poland and aDd wie of ot a Hungarian nobleman known I I J f L- L I I aa sin Cent C 1 She w was kwa tile the 1587 and aDd flied Id In 1941 a ears ean She Blie was widely wee 8 widely ce r b bar beau beauty and aDd wa was educated eGG and aDd apparently refined On one occasion the be countess in a SUdden fit of of anger seized a sharp pointed instrument which appertained to her ber toilet and plunged it ie into the neck of ot her maid her maid The Ebe jugular vein yein was out cut aulD auff the tae blood spurted forth covering the be bands hands and face tace of ot the mistress A fiend seemed to seize her at the sight and aDd a demoniac idea apparently took possession l of ot her She raised the feet teet of tit the prostrate body of the girl in such a manner as 88 to 10 accelerate accelerate erate the flow of ot blood from the wound iQ the neck neck and then she ehe caught the fluid in a vessel and washed forthe her ber band hands and face in it for lor forthe the purpose of beautifying her com com- comI complexion pluton Her vanity was gratified by bythe the belief that the bath of blood made her bar skin softer and and and- and her ber comple complexion ion more beautiful and she planned to continue the practice Her Ber home WM was wasa wasa a c chateau in II is which there were anum a num- num num ber number of dungeons dungeon well suited to her ber purpose She Bias won the assistance of her ber husband and of 01 three servants servants a aman aman aman man and and aDd all aU four fout ap- ap ap pear appear to have becom become possessed po of ot the same fiendish b spirit that controlled her With their al aid many y yo ag g girls belonging in the vicinity were were kid kidnapped kid kid- kidnapped napped or in some Jome way captured ed or inveigled into the chateau was fined in a dungeon until was wal in need of fresh treb blood for tor a bAth when she shed abed or caused to be abed that of her prisoners On one occasion she gave a supper to which she invited five twenty five young women from from the neighborhood who attended atten After toe the feast the guests were invited one by one to visit the subterranean por por- tlona portions of the chateau and as they tb they did so 10 inthe they were treacherously In the and all of or them were subsequently murdered As the countess became familiar wit with the he crime of murder she began to take delight to tn torturing her ber vic vic- victims victims tims Urns prior to shedding g their blood In abort she be her bar husband and aDd the bt ser ser- servants ser servants vanta who aided her became bec me monsters of the most hideous and aBd devilish tyPe The number of victims that Were murdered during a series eerie of ot years year is fa said to exceed the vaDi vanity r elf f the and aDd her ber d dim delight bt to in suffering and ia Q shedding blood bood being the mail mai main motives QU U es for tor the he butchery 1 I I Her guilt became notorious n but bu her COUI cousin n was governor of the province and aud she Il Was wae allied to r royalty she be was enabled to escape punishment At length as asa a 8 a certain Christmas approached her ber C cousin the governor beard that she bad had imprisoned ned about bout a score or ot young yeung women with the h intention tion of killing t them em during the boll boil boli days dap as she had bad repeatedly done dODe before He resolved to put out a stop to tober her ber career of entered l the chateau by force In the he found twenty young women whom he be released Owing to having royal blood in in her ber veins the counters was out GOt condemned to death butto but but- to im- im imprisonment im imprisonment for tor life lite After Atter being Dg in incarcerated tn- tn thirty one year years he o diN died of starvation and maltreatment nt- nt re calving a t an taste te of what she cad baci 18 in inflicted upon so 8 many helpless victims i The whole story tory of this thil woman e over IN-over 1 I em OUT of strange nap boRelI borrer boRel I 4 the extent and aUd motives md t of of her bar C ID as beyond belief Yet Y-et history y oae vouches Voa hf forthe for the truth troth of the th narrative narrate as above briefly 11 given and with ith all aU its Ita diabolism It cannot be without interest and aDd value ac as a showing the depths and desires dla of which the human heart beart Is capable s sj j |
