Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-06-02
THE GREEK TRAGEDY.
Cfrcumstsntial Account OF After
scenes-The Diseovc Of the Mutila-
ted ROdieg.

scenes-The Disc overy ofthe Mutila.
ted Bodies.
A letter from Athens in the Augsburg
Gazette gives a somewhat circumstantial
account of the tragedy. The writer. after
giving reasons which, In his opinion, justi-
fes that course, says that the Greek gov
eminent gave orders that the band should
be surrounded, not with view of taking
offensive measures against it, but to COM
pei il to accept the ransom and the exile,
beyond which concessions NJ. Zaimis and
his colleagues, In their intense regard for
the Constitution, could not go, and pro-
ceeds to describe the consequence of that
decision. We give the substance of his
story: 'When the brigands found that the
troops were approaching them or all sides
they determined, on Thursday, the 2ist of
April, at In the, afternoon, to escape
across the Asopus to the sea coast, IN the
intention of crossing over into Eu-
6@a. They dragged their pris
oners, wet through and exhausted by fa-
tigue and sickness, to the stream swollen
by the recent heavy rains, and endeavored
to compel them TO swim across. Count
Boyl, who was suffering from lung disease,
refused. He was laid hold of, and would
have been carried across, but the robbers
perceived the gunboat Aphroessa off the
coast, and a number of soldiers suddenly
appeared Oh the other side of the stream,
They Immediately cut him down with their
yataghans and fed, taking with them the
rest OF the prison, rs. The troops plunged
into the stream in terrible rage. MANY of
them were carried away by it, but the rest
climbing the shore, holly pursued the brig
ands. They had not got far before they
csme upon the bloody and still quivering
corpses OF hIr. Vyner and Mr..
Herbert, killed by the knives of
The brigands The shots fred
drew other detachments of soldiers TO the
chase, and before nightfall nine of the
brigan6s were killed. One, severely
wounded, was taken prisoner, and the in
terpreter had escaped. Mr.. Lloyd, how
ever, still alive, was in the hands of the
brigands, who, nine in number, with three
wounded. had taken refuge in the thicket.
A later telegram from Thebes, the CORE
spondent says, announces that the mutila.
ted corpse of Mr.. Lloyd had been found in
the thieket The correspondent proceeds
to describe the effect OF this news in Ath.
ems. He pictures the groups in the streets
on Good Friday morning--the Greeks, il
must be remembered, still use the old
style-and the general feeling of dismay
and disgust. And, moreover, although
evidently warm friend of tie Govern
ment, and repudiating with indignation
the charge brought in the most distinct
manner by the Opposition organs against
Soutzos, the Minister of War, OF completely
with the brigands, he records as a fact
that the Government were aware
of the eruption of this particu
lar band into Attica wher
they allowed and encouraged Lord Nun
caster and his friends to make their trip.
Writing upon the 236, the correspondent
after describing the arrival of the bodies a.
the railway station and the religious cere
mony, proceeds to give these details: "Mr
Hertert and Mr.. Lloyd had several morta
dagger stabs, but the life of both was prob
ably taken in tie same way, for both ha(
gun-shot wounds under the right and lief
ear. The severely wounded prisoner ha6
been subjected in Thebes to IN examina
ton, in which he made remarkable revela
lions. On Sunday, the 14th of April, tn,
band was in the neighborhood of Athens
and parsonage unknown to the bandit
informed them of the projected trip of tn,
foreigners. On the day OF Lord Muncas
ter's liberation, there appeared in the cours
OF the night in the brigaud camp TIVE
masked personages received with mucl
reverence by the leaders, who urged tn,
brigands to insist upon an amnesty. Thu
correspondent OF the Augsburg Gazett
subsequently states his impression tina
only the establishment Ct martial law Cal
put down brigandage.'