An Extraordinary Story.

Auckland Star, Volume XV, Issue 3757, 26 August 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

An Extraordinary Story.

The mysterious disappearance of a young girl, of 14, at Tisza Eszlar, in the Theiss district of Hungary, telegraphs the Vienna correspondent of the "Times," U still the cause of considerable excitement in the neighbourhood. She was missed about two months ago. Some weeks afterwards a report was circulated that she had boen murdered by the Jews, in order, a= the popular superstition will have it in all these parts of Europe, to leaven th« Easter bread with her blood. The authorities, who were thus first made aware of the disappearance, instituted an inquiry, at which a;:, oung Jewish boy, the son of one of the attendants at tho synagogue, gave a detailed account of having, through the keyhole of the synagogue door, seen her killed byioveral butchws, according to the Jewith rites. It w»s prowd that she had been last seen at the synagogue. Upon t'ds the chief men named fry the boy wereurr. sed. In spite of tho most careful search, and although a reward of 5,000 florins was offered, not a traco of her could be found. A lew d»ys ago the corpse of a woman was found floating in tbe Theiss. An inquest was held, which has only made the matter more mysterious. It was reported that the body had been identified by the mother of the missing girl ns her daughter's but this is now contradicted. There will be much excitement until the inquest has been concluded and the result is known.