Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1890 — Would Give Their Heads for 1,000,000 Florins. [ARTICLE]

Would Give Their Heads for 1,000,000 Florins.

A strange story comes from Bjellna, fn Bosnia. A rumor is current among the peasauts of the district that Baron Albert Rothschild has been sentenced to death, aud that his execution will shortly take place nuless he succeeds In finding a substitute prepared to suffer death ou the scaffold for a consideration of 1,000,000 florins. Tho authorities at Bjelina have for several weeks past been pestered by applicants prepared to have their heads off for the benefit of the Austrian Croesus. It appears, however, that the applicants have formed a syndicate, among whom the million was to bo divided, and that lots were to be drawn for the victim. The authorities have experienced some difficulty In attempting to convince the candidates for death that the rumor is without foundation.