Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21
A Greek Robin Hood.

Greek Robin Hood.
| The French papers have the following romantic
account of the manner in which the vicinity of Adr
anople has been rid of some troublesome robbers
The house of widow Iesi1ing there was entered
and robbed of yauables amounting to seven thousand
piastres her only wealth, by seven men. who said
| they were members of the band of Yani celebrated
chief, who has gained great renown in those parts.
and the poor woman used his name in making her
complaint
TO have modelled himself after the bligand heroes
| OF romance. He is Bulgarian by birth and robs
ne one but rich Turks, whom he hates and has been
known frequently 10 give the proceeds of such an ex
pedlhon TO any poor person he might meet. He goes
and comes in the villages, where he is we'll received
and treated like lord. 1t must be said that the rus.
TIC police are not much protection for they are too
often connected with the band themselves
NJ Yam goes through the country robbing the rich,
betrIendlng the poor, protecting the widow and or
phan, and watching over the magistrates to see
that justice is melted TO the rich add poor alike
Now, Yani learned that he had been IMPLICATED in
the robbery, and fully equipped paid the lady visit
trembling the poor woman requested him to leave
her the little that remained
But have never taken ANYTHING from Won y said
the brigand.
{" Are you not then YAM % said She
am most certainly Yani and come 10 obtain
the description of those who have abused my name
and robbed you"
Re.assured the woman gave the required descrip-
| ton
Be CONTENT said YAM, departing "you shall OBJ
tam justice. No one stains my name with mpunity,
| promise you"
all she had lost, and with the heads of the seven
robbers who had taken it. He had followed his de-
tanners with few of his men, and had avenged his
honor upon them himself
A SINGULAR SPECULATIoN.--We are informed
that company of disappointed fIIibusters are about
to proceed 10 Singapore TO offer their services to the
authorities there IN Kidding the place of tigers. As
these creatures are very numerous the island and
the reward offered for their destruction is great the
speculation will probably be a profitable one The
excitement, or fun of the thing, however, is supposed
to be the principal inducement 20 our restless 90
ali lad Americans. Tiger hunting is certainly quite
as pleasant pastime as fllbustering and much more
useful to mankind. We are not al liberty to mention
names, but we may hint that certain notable Colo
mel, who recently kicked up musS not hundred
miles from the Plaza, and who is brave almost to
tooi-hardIness, and an unerring shot with the rifle
is the leader of the s. F. Tiger Killing Co. A full
supply of Mexican saddles, Sharpes rifles, the lar
geS size OF Colts revovers, and bowie knives, and
some strong hand nets has been procured. store
OF strychnlne has also been provided. The party,
which is to consist of twenty persons (nearly now
compEete-six only being still wanted to make up
the compement) will leave here by early oppor-
tunty for Hong Kong, from whence they will pro-
coed to then destination
Two OF the party (Englishmen) have been resident
IN India for some years. and are familiar with tiger
hunting They are repued 10 have killed between
them about fifty seven Royal Bengal Tigers The
stripped Bob, the glory and terror of Wombwers
Menagerie, IN England, captured by them or
the Sunderbunds, at the mouth Of the Ganges They
were paid $3.50, (S4,45OD for this animal, by ar
agent OF Mr.. Wombwell, who h-l heen sent to Indie
to procure specimens for the Menagerie. Three
more OF the party are Frenchmen, who have beer
accustomed 10 the chase of wild beasts in Algiers-
The remaining members of the company ale Amer
E cans most of whom have had encounters with griz
lilies in their time The party are all comparatively
youthful Of course they strong, active, enthusi
astlc and daring. One of them has directed our at
tention to the following interesting item on the sub
ject, which is taken from the Singapore Free Press
The timid, tger-ridden authorities of Singapore ma,
- well hail with gratitude the arrival among them o
our ndomitable hunters
Rapld Depopulation Of Singapore by Tigers
4 The deaths by tigers every week read of in tn
! papers just about as much as a matter of course a
v the arrival and departure of the Peninsular an
: ORIENTAL Company steamers. It is notorious the
" during the last fifteen twenty years many thou
i sands of have lost their lives from this cause
- Yet the only measures adopted by Government, S
# tar as we know, TO prevent this sacrifice
life, have been to dig tiger pits in various parts
the island, (Which we are now told did little or
70 good and to give a reward of one hundred Con
70 panys rupees for every tiger killed on the island.
ID This reward is, for all practical purposes neectlv
s II ought to be increased to two hundred and fifty
At pees; for the price of procuring the destructic
- of one tiger in the jungle of Singapore is hundre
ID dollars, and the thing cannot be done, THE S.
" Tiger Killing Company however, will try it, for OF
h hundred and ten Company's pees.-CalJorn
- Chronicle.