KIDNAPPING WIVES.
TRAGIC CUSTOMS IN THE CAUCASUS. Vienna, Oct. 5.
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 Caucasians 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 the little Caucasian town of Katuhagan, named Ismail Ogli Oki, tried to kidnap the sister os his best friend’s wife while his friend was absent from home. The girl resisted his attempt to carry her off, aided by her married sister. The battled lover drew his sword, and indicted 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 Ismail's head, and carried it round to show the neighbors what a fearful revenge he 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 the house, where she was seized by his men, and placed in a carriage. The prince joined her, and in spite of the girls’ entreaties, started out to drive to a place where they could he 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 witho.ut ado, and took his daughter home. The nobleman, however, had won her heart during tiae drive, and the girl was now reluctant to marry the man cf whom her father approved, but the stern parent insisted on the wedding taking 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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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 265, 18 November 1901, Page 3
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