Zurich Herald, 1957-10-10, Page 3Sculptures Were
Dead Men's Heads
Some ten miles north of Kiel -
:low, in Poland, on the banks of
the river Vistula, was a ceme-
tery of infinite beauty known
os the Garden of Leszno,
It was owned and adminis-
tered by the elderly Leszno bro-
thers, whose fame as sculptors
was widely known.
This cemetery had flower -
bedecked terraces and wide,
&weeping lawns stretched down
to the river's banks. Visitors
came from miles away just to
see the lovely place of rest.
Only the wealthy could afford
much spiritual grandeur—and the
ornate cedar and bronze coffins
in which they were lowered to
eternal rest.
The Last word in funerals was
further enhanced by a polished
tone effigy of the head of the
dead person which was placed
on a marble plinth on the cen-
tre of the grave.
The magnificence of these life-
like carvings earned for the
brothers a fame and prosperity
which they enjoyed for many
years—until one fateful morn -
ng in 1837.
In that year the Polish Gov-
ernment instituted a decree al-
lowing the exhumation of bod-
ies for official examination —
aind brought to light one of the
most sensational and gruesome
discoveries of the day.
Sent by the Home Office, two
officials called upon the brothers
Leszno with an order of exhu-
mation for the body of Ludwic
litapin.
To the dismay of his relatives
the wealthy old Rapin had cele-
brated his seventy-fifth birthday
by marrying the lovely young
widow of his former bailiff.
Less than three months later,
the old man died painfully and
snysteriously, The twice -bereav-
ed widow was the sole benefi-
ciary of his considerable for-
tune. The incensed relatives
feared the worst and applied for
exhumation.
The brothers Leszno protested
against such desecration of their
garden of rest. "God," they de-
clared, "would be outraged by
this violation of a reposing
a✓zoul. "
It was all to no avail. The
law demanded an exhumation.
Digging started.
Two hours later, the officials
were frowning perplexedly into
the deep, empty cavity of 'earth.
No coffin. No body.
An exhausted digger hurried
ell to find the brothers Leszno.
they were missing.
Their suspicions aroused, the
taiticials dug tentatively into a
neighbouring grave. No coffin
eir body.. . .
The peace of the cemetery
was soon shattered by an army
elf diggers. But not a single body
e- bone was found.
They did, however, find one
Boffin in an outhouse. It was the
splendid cedar and bronze coffin
$n which a succession of griev-
ing families had seen the body
Of their loved one lowered to
Fest; a coffin which hundreds
had purchased but never owned.
Eventually the bodies, or what
remained of them, were found.
They were dredged by the dozen
from the sluggishly flowing
river Vistula. Each had been
heavily weighted by the feet;
each had been decapitated.
The heads? How else could
the brothers Leszno have created
such amazing likenesses? They
simply covered the heads with
m layer of plaster and glaze and
get them on the plinths.
The brothers were arrested in
an inn near Lodz. At their trial
neither could give a logical ex-
planation as to why they re-
moved the bodies to a watery
grave. Both were found guilty
and, ironically, they too were
beheaded.
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Caught hi The Jaws Of Death
Mr. Paul Pt,tous is a pxcfes-
slonal crocodile hunter who has
penetrated the remote swamps
of Africa in search of his prey.
He kills 'the reptiles foL their
belly -skins, which make valu-
able leather that will last for a
hundred years. But it is a dan-
gerous vocation. The crocodile
kills more liunlan beings than
any other wild animal in Africa.
The "trot" prefers its meat put-
rid and usually drowns and
then stores its victims until the
flesh is rotten.
Mr. Potous has had many
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own, but in this article he tells
the incredible story of a native
bay who was captured by a
crocodile.—The Editor.
w
Trekking from place to place
in search of n e w hunting
grounds for crocodiles, I some-
times come across natives who
have been rescued or have
escaped from the jaws of a
crocodile.
I have met many Africans
with amputated arms or legs
who have escaped a foul death
from crocodiles. But there is no
more horrible and terrifying-exs,..
perience than the following true
event.
One late afternoon, a nativ,
set out with two companions in
a canoe to visit a village farther
up the river. As usual, the canoe
was old, leaky, and extremely
unstable. Rarely do the natives
overturn the dreadful dugquts
for they have a wonderful sense
al balance, learned in earliest
childhood. But in this case, while
kneeling down to bail out rthe
water with his hands, one of the
three capsized the danoe.
Many of the native dugouts
sink immediately on being over-
turned, for they are usually
fashioned from trees heavier
than water. This one happened
to be made of a lighter timber
and floated to the surface.
The natives were all strong
swimmers and, laughing and
joking at their mishap, they
began to propel the canoe to-
ward the bank, where it would
be easier to bail out before con-
tinuing their journey. As it hap-
pened, there was a party of
natives from the same village on
the river bank and these joined
in the hilarity, laughing uproar-
iously at the accident.
The three had almost reached
the bank when one of them
screamed that he had been taken
by a crocodile, and, in- spite of
clinging desperately to t h e
water-logged canoe, his grip was -
broken and he was dragged be-
low the surface.
The other two natives lost no
time in abandoning the canoe
and swimming for the bark,
where they were hurriedly drag-
ged ashore by their- fellows.
There was no sign fo their
friend, and they returned to the
village with the sad news.
The native taken by the croco-
dile quickly lost conscioksness
in the water but he regained
his senses to find himself lying
in an evil and foul-smelling
cavern in the river hank. It was
above the waterline and had
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been formed by the partial col-
lapse of the bank during flood
time. From the river there was
a narrow tunnel leadingout of
the water, up which the croco-
dile had dragged the uncon-
scious native. Sheer terror kept
him from moving a muscle, for
less than a foot from his face
was the crocodile's tail.
The reptile lay lengthwise
along the tunnel entrance, its
head toward the river, guarding
its victim from any marauder.
The boy was able to see all this,
for although the entrance sloped
down and into the water, there
was a small hole in the roof of
the cavern through which the'
last ray of daylight was filtering.
The place was foul and stinking,
and rotting and putrid remains
of some animals lay beneath
him. He could feel the surge and
movements of t h e maggots
against his side.
Suddenly the crocodile moved
and the native thought for a
second time that his last mom -
tent had come. But the reptile
crawled away from hime and
down the tunnel to disappear
into the water. The native It
not -slow in °:tak ngaadvanna'g
the amazing . chance offered hirci
by fate.
The crocodile's teeth had badly
lacerated his right thigh and the
wounds were bleeding, but no
bones were broken. Frantically
and hysterically he clawed with
his hands and nails at the small
opening in the earth above him,
each moment fearing the return
of . the crocodile which would
again attack him before he
could make his escape. Event=
ually, panting and exhausted, he
was able to enlarge the hole
sufficiently to crawl through and
into the open air, among the
sweet-smelling reeds and grasses
which grew above the fetid
larder of the reptile.
The sun had set by the time
he made his escape. He ran
away into the bush with no
sense of direction,' only the de-
sire to get as far away from the
river as possible. At 1 a s t,
through exhaustion, he col-
lapsed unconscious.
When' once more he regained
his senses the moon was up, and
he soon found his way back to
the village. From a distance he
called for help from his family
and friends, who by now were
sleeping in their huts. But his
troubles were by no means over.
Hearing his call, the simple,
superstitious villagers thought it
was the voice of his ghost re-
turning to haunt them, for he
was dead, as so many could bear
witness, dragged down into the
water and drowned.
The natives believed his spirit
had come back to entice them
from the safety of their huts,
whereupon it would carry them
off to the river as further vic-
tims, As no one would help him,
the native tottered and crawled
into the village. In his weakness
he staggered and fell, tripping
over objects on the ground.
The mud, which had covered
him from head to foot while he
lay in the crocodile's lair, had
now dried a dirty grey over his
black skin. In the moonlight he
looked white and ghostly.
All this made them believe
that he was the evil spirit of
their friend and they barricaded
their huts against him. Even his
own family would not let him in
although he pounded at the door
and tried to tell of his escape
and convince them that he was
no ghost. But he was in no con-
dition to speak coherently and
eventually collapsed again and
was found Ining outside when
sun rose a few hours later.--.
From "Ivry Enemy, the Croco-
dile," eo ,yright, 1958, by Paul
L. Pbtous.
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