CAPE MAY HERALD. THURSDAY. AUGUST >9 190?

THE THUS OF mm Stranglers Who Inherit Their Bloodthirsty Instinct

THEY ARE BORN MURDERERS.

Th»x Kill from • Duty, and Sv*ry Co'pM to Tboir Crodit U • Stopple# Stono to Hoovob. Mothodo of TKooo Viciouo NonMo tor .vulurtuo bofotv tbo »u|irem*cr of 'Itrttuti crown In Indio tbo ootln- I-.I1.I. frtmi Hcusnl to Hombojr and from tl«- Hlnuiloyoo to Truvoncoro. woo liy tunda of Oi-nd* known M Urns' i»trancloni. In IS57, when Euslond dopooed all (Ulei« and placed the purple upon th» ahnuMcro of her rotireoontatlTo. the VIcto.t. rondltlooa . chanirod. am.aia other outruBoa. the tbu*» hiintr.1 down and forced to row* der the pennllie* of the new lawa. For jeon, they were unheard of. and _ gradually forcot the terror* they had teamed from the Up* of their forefather*. who considered It a prime duty to caution their children against the dangera that would beaet cradled.'in tiU death by the prevalence of thuggee. But occasionally even nowadays the thus get* In his deadly work. The motive of the thug la threefold. HU forefathers for generations thinner*, and be comes by hi* calling through heredity. He must have blood or be will die. He murders from the Instinct of pure passion. Akin to murder, as It necessarily Is. the robbing of his victim U a Joy. and be chuckle* to hlmoelf as he drops a dripping oar or a bloody linger lato hit girdle for the sake of the Jewels. HU last motive—and here^he I In a class by himself—h^J* a mu from s sense of rettgloos duty. HU victims are a sacrifice to the gods. The more victims, the more propitious the sacrifice. A corpse U his stepping stone to heaven. He moat kill or he U eternally loat He loses no time;-no Idle words ate exchanged. He -works like the dock. Ills ivatem varies no more than the pendulum. "Kill and gain heaven; faU and he damned.” U hi* slogan. But he never fall*. The net* be lay* are intricate. his plans complex. Interchangeable. Where one falls short another

succeeds.

The thug Is a nomad. Nowhere U his permanent home, and any Jungle or mountain cave serve* hU purpooe for a shelter or a pUce to vaunt his treasure. He U a perpetual traveler. Uls victim* are likewise travelers, for a lonely road and a forest path alone suit bis purpose. The city and the

palace are not for him.

The system, which is no misnomer, for the method that U used In the practice of thuggee. Is as unique as It ts terrible. In the history of the ns- ^ lions no other organization has ever ^ [>] been known to proceed similarly. The - whole crime U committed as though operated from an electric switchboard —a mere passing of the current and the deed is done. The method of pro-

cedure U tbla: .

After prayer* have been offered to the goddess of death. Kali, the entire band, usually from ten to forty men. prepares for the expedition. Every man strips to the akin, wearing only a light leather girdle about the waist Tbo girdle I* furnished with various pockets to deposit plunder. Stripped, the thugs engage for a time In athletic games, socb as wrestling and running. In order to be physically fit A bath 1* then taken, and tbs whole body from topknot to to* nan to greased with sweet oCL A small, keen blade to slipped Into the girdle, a cord wrapped •round the waist In looae colto. They

tf ths bird has — tight to a distant tree. The thug has thus made amends for hto Uuprud.-u.-v By Imitating the cry of a bird he ha* deceived hto victim*.

With still loader

whip up their pool, the night, four forms riae out of the dark nos*. Four cord* are unwound from their girdles, and the ttrangtors fling the uoaaes at tbo travelen. Uko uud of a atone fruni a *11 ng each whlixeo through the air. The euctrcleo the neck, and o omnll oral ball of lead strike* the baek of the heed The blow has been of ouch violence that the rider Is stunned. He loose* his reins ant* falls to the ground. Immediately 'the loop Is tightened. The eye* bulge, the lips swell, and tile tongue rigidly protrudes. The cord ts drawn still tighter. Two minute* later the four men-} maker* are dead. Quickly the murderers rush to their victims, looocn the cord* and carry the bodies lo the forest, where the remainder of the band ta. They receive congratulations and fgasl In honor of their soot-esa. Latar the bodies are Stripped Of their vfcusbW* -Shallow holes are then dug In the ground: s short ceremony of thanksgiving Is offered to the all powerful goddess Kail: the corpses are damped Into the botoe and covered with dirt. The gang then moves to lu next Held of action, leaving the bodies for the Jackal*.—Clncln-

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j and formehand election district or voting precinct in Cope May Coonty. will meet on TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. IWJ. the place Wber* the next election

tbier district will be held, at o

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registers of the residents and street ” —

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Smitoi tat., *od between the same haul-

Boards of Hrtristrr and Election will bold a primary election of delegate* lo convent ions of political partica, or foi msiklog nominations, or for both, agreeable to tbe provision* of “A further sup pigment to an net entitled ‘An Act to r» aoUl« elections." which aoW sappletnein was opprovsd April 14. 1908. aotl stueodmrnta thereof and the supplement* there And notice ts hereby farther gleett, that the said Boards of Registry sod Election

will have their Anal meeUuK oo TUESDAY. OCTOBER 99TH. 1907.

at the place of their former meeting, at the boor of one o'clock In tbe afternoon and remain In seartoo until nine o'clock lo tbe evening, for the purpose of rerUtng and correcting tbs original register*, ot adding thereto the name* of all person* entitled to tbe right of snSrage In that

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With tbe stealth of the tiger the band proceed* through tbe Jungle. Sometime* they walk, at other* crawl. Every tree, every shrub, to a vantage point, and thither they aeek abelUrontbe slight**! (DspIctaD. They acmrcely cause a fallen twig to crackle as they Mad. yet their movements are awlft a. a serpent's. They glide rather than move normally, and tbe snaky gleam of their eye* complete* tbe slmllitudo. They reach the appointed *poC It to along a lonely road, paeataf through a lonely forest. No light to visible save that from stray moonbeams percolttlng through tbe cloaely woren hough* of tree* at' l*! Jj*"***^ The ** n tfi dMbf conferenc* foe menu. The leader otter* a few words In mysteriooa lingo. Inatnatly all hot foor of their number disappear in the forest. These have been choi perform the deed. They confer ty with each other for a few m then depart ta opposite (Urectloos two each way along tbe roadlld*. At a given Interval aacb man halts, lie' flat on hto stomach on the ground an • with suppressed breathing await* hl<

nnsnspeettag victim.

The wait ta a long sad tedious one Bn: that matters little. Long o'boo! tagjn the art baa taught tbo thug tbvtrtne of patience, and be Ilea a* 1m movable as a atatne of beonae. Suddenly a long tough to beard above a bend ta the rood, followtfif a chore* of laughter. The travelers are bavin •

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end they M^w no care. suspect tbe danger tbs Their toeghter will an

to the death rattle. , Tbe rlstier of ponies’ feet, already audible, sounds nearer, end the thug.

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