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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COlBORNE, ONT. OCT. 10, 1957 Sculptures Were Dead Men's Heads Some ten miles north of Kiel-«rw, in Poland, on the banks of the river Vistula, was a cemetery of infinite beauty known as the Garden of Leszno. It was owned and administered by the elderly Leszno brothers, whose fame as sculptors was widely known. This cemetery had flower-fcedecked terraces and wide, sweeping lawns stretched down to the river's banks. Visitors eame from miles away just to see the lovely place of rest. Only the wealthy could afford such spiritual grandeur--and the crnate cedar and bronze coffins In which they were lowered to eternal rest. The last word in funerals was further enhanced by a polished stone effigy of the head of the dead person which was placed an a marble plinth on the centre of the grave. The magnificence of these lifelike carvings earned for the brothers a fame and prosperity which they enjoyed for many years--until one fateful morning in 1837. In that year the Polish Government instituted a decree allowing the exhumation of bodies for official examination -- and brought to light one of the most sensational and gruesome discoveries of the day. Sent by the Home Office, two cfficials called upon the brothers Leszno with an order of exhumation for the body of Ludwic Rapin. To the dismay of his relatives the wealthy old Rapin had celebrated 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 mysteriously, The twice-bereaved widow was the sole beneficiary of his considerable fortune. The incensed relatives feared the worst and applied for exhumation. The brothers Leszno protested against such desecration Of their garden of rest. "God," they declared, "would be outraged by this violation of a reposing soul." 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 gto find the brothers Leszno. ey were missing. Their suspicions aroused, the efficials dug tentatively into a neighbouring grave. No coffin or body. . . . The peace of the cemetery was soon shattered by an army of diggers. But not a single body •r bone was found. They did, however, find one coffin in an outhouse. It was the splendid cedar and bronze coffin in which a succession of grieving families had seen the body of their loved one, lowered to rest; 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 a layer of plaster and glaze and set them on the plinths. The brothers were arrested in an inn near Lodz. At their trial neither could give a logical explanation as to why they removed the bodies to a watery grave. Both were found guilty and, ironically, they too were beheaded. PERFECT FIT - This shoe is a perfect fit for this two-year-old youngster--all of him. The shoe was a featured display at the Poris (France) Leather Exhibit. BIDING HIS TIME - Yankee right fielder Hank Bauer is ing as Red Sox slugger Ted Williams fourth inning hoi sails into the stands at Yankee Stadium. Caught In The Jaws Of Death Mr. Paul Potous is a professional crocodile hunter who has penetrated the remote swamps of Africa in search of his prey. He kills the reptiles fox their belly-skins, which make valuable leather that will last for a hundred years. But it is a dangerous vocation. The crocodile kills more human beings than any other wild animal in Africa. The "croc" prefers its meat putrid and usually drowns and then stores its victims until the flesh is rotten. Mr. Potous has had many hair-raising experiences of his own, but in this article he tells the incredible story of a native bey who was captured by a crocodile.--The Editor. Trekking from place to place in search of new hunting grounds for crocodiles, I sometimes 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 experience than the following true event. One late afternoon, a nativo 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 dugouts for they have a wonderful sense of balance, learned in earliest childhood. But in this case, while kneeling down to bail out the water with his hands, one of the three capsized the canoe. Many of the native dugouts sink immediately on being overturned, 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 toward the bank, where it would be easier to bail out before continuing their journey. As it happened, there was a party of natives from the same village on the river bank and these joined in the hilarity, laughing uproariously 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 the water-logged canoe, his grip was broken and he was dragged below the surface. The other two natives lost no time in abandoning the canoe and swimming for the bank, where they werejiurriedly dragged 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 crocodile quickly lost consciousness in the water but he regained his senses to find himself lying in an evil and foul-smelling cavern in the river bank. It was above the waterline and had MERRY MENAGERIE been formed by the partial collapse of the bank during flood time. From the river there was a narrow tunnel leading out of the water, up which the crocodile had dragged the unconscious 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 the maggots against his side. Suddenly the crocodile moved and the native thought for a second time that his last moment had come. But the reptile crawled away from hime and down the tunnel to disappear into the water. The native was not slow in taking advantage of the amazing chance Offered him 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. Eventually, 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 desire to get as far away from the river as possible. At last, through exhaustion, he collapsed 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 returning 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 victims. 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 condition to speak coherently and eventually collapsed again and was found Iving outside when sun rose a few hours Later.-- From "My Enemv, the Crocodile." copyright, 1956, by Paul L. Potous. . : . CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING . : . 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