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Foreign News
October 11, 1897
Waterbury Democrat
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
What is this article about?
In Bender, Russia, police investigate the Raskolniki sect, which practices self-immolation for salvation. Leader Kayiowa and others have disappeared, suspected buried alive in her vineyard. Bodies of similar fanatics previously found near Odessa.
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BELIEF IN BURIAL ALIVE. More of the Russian Fanatics Missing—A Search for Their Bodies.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 11.—It is announced that the police have discovered at the town of Bender, a branch of the Raskolniki, the religious sect that believes its members can gain salvation by self-immolation. Bender is fifty-eight miles from Odessa, near which city the bodies were found of a number of the fanatics who had allowed themselves to be buried alive.
The leader of the Raskolniki at Bender, a woman named Kayiowa, who is the owner of a vineyard, has disappeared, and several other persons are missing. It is supposed that they have all been buried alive in the vineyard, and the police will make a search for their bodies.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 11.—It is announced that the police have discovered at the town of Bender, a branch of the Raskolniki, the religious sect that believes its members can gain salvation by self-immolation. Bender is fifty-eight miles from Odessa, near which city the bodies were found of a number of the fanatics who had allowed themselves to be buried alive.
The leader of the Raskolniki at Bender, a woman named Kayiowa, who is the owner of a vineyard, has disappeared, and several other persons are missing. It is supposed that they have all been buried alive in the vineyard, and the police will make a search for their bodies.
What sub-type of article is it?
Religious Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Raskolniki Sect
Burial Alive
Russian Fanatics
Bender Police Search
Self Immolation
What entities or persons were involved?
Kayiowa
Where did it happen?
Bender
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Bender
Event Date
Oct. 11
Key Persons
Kayiowa
Outcome
several persons missing, supposed buried alive; previous bodies found near odessa
Event Details
Police discovered a branch of the Raskolniki sect in Bender that believes in salvation by self-immolation. Leader Kayiowa and others have disappeared from her vineyard, suspected of being buried alive. Police to search for bodies.