Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-17
THE MURDERS OF MARA.
THON.

A Horrible Narrative-The Lives of
the victims Sacrificed By the Folly
of the Greek Government.
There can he no doubt whatever that
the party recently captured by the brig
auds In Greece lost their lives through the
folly of the Greek Government Lord
Muncaster was sent on parole to arrange
for raising the money demanded as ran
SOM only e25, 600! Abanker at Athens
generously offered 10 advance the money
at once, without security-how many
lords not in the hands of Greek bandits
must wish they knew that banker. Lord
Muncaster returned to the brigands in a
+ country cart, and then the government
sent troops after the party, with orders
not to listen TO proposals Of amnesty.
The order was the death knell of the cap
tives. As the soldiers surrounded the
brigands, they shot the travellers one after
the other-Lord MuncasteT, ii is believed,
having managed to escape. Mr. HurlbeTt,
the London correspondent of the New
York World gives the following paticu-
lars of the excursion and its unfortunate
result:
The party of Lord Muncaster consisted
of eight persons, exclusive of the escort
sud the guide. These were Lord and
LAZY Muncaster-th former an intelli-
cent bit somewhat impccunious young
Irish uObIeman, the latter a kinswOman of
Mr.. Lestrauge, who was formerly a MEM
der of the English legation in Washington
Mr.. Frederic Nyner, younger brother
of the wife of Lord dc Grey and ldpon,
Lord President of the Council in Mr..
Gladstone's government, and = bright,
agreeable, dashing young fellow of some
tOur and twenty summers; Mr.. Herbert,
lke cousin of distinguished Tory peer
.Le Earl of Carnarvon-and third secre
gary of the English legation at Athens;
the Marquis de Boyl, a clever and accom-
Dlished Young PiedmOntCsC diplomat,
formerly attached TO the Italian embassy
in Paris, and but recently removed, much
against his vii, to the Greek capital, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd with their young
daughter, a little girl Of six years
Mr.. Lloyd being a consulting law
yer of considerable promise In
his profession, whom met
but few months ago in Egypt, and who
seems TO have gone out TO Greece on bust
ness connected with the project for cut
ling a canal through the lsthmus of Cor
;ntb. These persons, seduced by the
pheasant weather, and moved and insti-
s,ated probably by the surprising dullness
81 Athens iiself-Which, outside OF the
limits of the AcropOlis, hardly offers
more attractions to the nOn-2ntlquarlans
than Jersey City, and by no means as
many attractions as UOboken-organiZed
a trim to the battlefield of Marathon. So
Thoroughly have the modern Greeks COM
Melted the desolatiOn of their inheritance
of glory that trip TO Marathon, Ike
trim TO most of the other sites OF antique
Hellenic fame, offers literally nothing to
reward the traveller, save the conscious
ness that he has actually stood upon the
soil. or, more exactly, upon the point
in a given parallel of latitude, which
has been c0nsecrated by past achiev-
mepts. 1t would be the height OF
folly, therefore, to make the Journey, I'M
less one were satisfied OF It's safely, ana
these unhappy people seem to have had
the most absolute and positive assurances
on this head from the highest personages
in the Hellenic gOvernment-assurance
81 absolute and positive, that Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd did not hesitate TO take with
them their little child, precisely as they
rs,igbt have done for q trip up the Hudson
10 West Point, or up the Thames to Rich
mond The drive is rather long drive
TO ne made in u single day, but it can be
dome with tolerable comfort. On theiI
way out, they found the road patrolled 10y
troops, Though not by cavalry precisely
as are the half dozen miles of road across
the Isthmus of Corinth, over which the mail:
and passcngers by the Greek boats from Cor
flu are regularly transported. No slgges
ton of danger appears TO have marre(
their pleasure until they had reached, OF
.beir return, a point on the slope Of tn
ous mountain of PcntCliCus, which
-"aI,o o,.t to have been not more THAI
eight miles distant from the CITY, AT I'M
mint. if it he ,he point | have IN mlnd
The road narr0gs and Is made rlll'
cIoouy hy q thick, close growth Oh Woo
"a u1derbrush. Here, without sign o.
q crv of warning, yolley Of Ruskctry
yas poured upon them, emplylnS TWO o
:. saddles OF their escort The gentle
"a of the party, as near trlend OF oE'
meh u tells me, were unarmcd, haVin:
OF inc. Il best not to alarm the ladies' b.
thougn' ,oDsidcrcl a useless display 0
what tley d they been provided witt
weapons. II ute possible that the sto
reviewers II Is u III have been very dlt
nv of the day ms zen; the carriage
ferent. In a mon - r,air ocCr
were surrounded a. Nrr,ca,
pants dragged out saon
ter was struck over ii a,
ders with s;icl, 10y one ruiliau,' 80 -
child of Mrs Lloyd violently tn =,
the ground by another. All this Va. ~. ~
work of d few moments, during WIN, -
however, a body of the patrols, som,
eirht or ten men strong, as II would SEEM
came hurrying up. No sooner had thcs,
protecting agents of Hellenic power ap
neared on the ground than they bcga1
firing promiscuously upon the whole con
fused and struggling group OF Inc captoT
and the caplives, a hall from one of thci
muskets going 50 near Lady MuncaStcr
bpad as TO craze one Of her cuTls. Z
course, no serious conflict could long !
sustained by such body, and WITH
twenty minutes fr0m the original auac
the brigands and their prey were on Inc
way IN the slopes of Mount Pcntet'r'
II beinr esteemed uuprofessional by G-~,
briGnnds TO carry of wumen-as wom'
ore likely To sucCumh TO the tatlgues
a forced march, and so cannot
Jaqardcd AZ On investment prom
inc remunerative ransOm-the ladies VIC
disDatched to Athens after short deIa
ON the next day the captiyes were
oucsted to select one of their number
Irt, who should bc deputed TO visit I