KIDNAPPING WIVES.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 23 November 1901, Page 4

KIDNAPPING WIVES.

Tragic Customs Still Extant in the

Caucasus. Vienna, October I.

The manners and customs of the people of the Caucasus have not changed to a great extent since the country has been subdued by Russia. One of the relics of the good old times to which the Causicans especially cling, is the custom of kidnapping the women whom they desire to make their wives.

Recently a case of this kind resulted in a tragic end. A prominent inhabitant of tlie little Caucasian town of Kaluhagan named Ismail Olgi Old, tried to kidnap the sister of his best friend’s wife while his friend was away from home. Tiro girl resisted his attempt to carry her oil', aided by her married sister. The ballled lover drew his sword and inflicted dangerous wounds on both the ladies. At this moment his friend returned, and, enraged at finding what had occurred, killed Ismail on the spot. Then he cut oil Ismails head, and carried it round to show the neighbors what a fearful revenge lie had taken. In the same district a young nobleman desired to marry the daughter of a neighboring landowner, and invited the girl with her parents to a grand ball given at his castle. During the evening he found an opportunity of decoying the girl into a secluded part of tho house, where she was seized by his men and placed in a carriage. The prince joined her, and in spite of the girl’s entreaties started out to drive to a place where they could be married without much delay. The girl’s father, on finding that his host had disappeared with his daughter, gave chase, and, being on horseback, overtook the carriage. He shot the nobleman without ado, and took his daughter home. Tho nobleman, however, had won her heart during the drive, and the girl was now reluctant to marry the man whom her father approved, but the stern parent insisted on the wedding talcing place at once. The bride appeared in the Church, pale, but cool, and collected. During the ceremony she drew a dagger and stabbed the bridegroom to the heart. Afterwards she committed suicide,

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