Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1890 — Bit by a Vampire. [ARTICLE]

Bit by a Vampire.

The wife of Senor Gonzales, a prominent citizen of Mouterey, Mexico, was found dead in her bed this morningj with a large bat of the vampire variety fastened' in her hair. She had been sleeping by an open window, and the creature had flown in and evidently killed her by sucking her blood, fpr two tiny wounds 011 her neck close to the jugular vein indicate the places it had punctured. Its escape had been prevented though . by the hair of its victim, which was very long and abundant, and had so entangled the vampire in its meshes as to hold it until it could be killed. The death of Senora Gonzales is much regretted in the community, as she was a lady of a miable and benevolent character, as well as noted for her beauty. The death inflicted by these bats is a very peaceful one, for while draining the blood they keep up a continuous gentle faqning of their wings, whice soothes and lulls the sleeper until his slumbers glide imperceptibly into eternal rest. Senor Gonzales, who was asleep by his wife's side, says he was first awakened by the bat's frantic endeavors to free itself from its wet ol hair, and that he killed the gorged and ipiprisOned creature without difficulty, and could scarcely believe that his wife was dead, so placidly and n&iur ally did she seem to sleep.