Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-01
THE EIREEK TRAGEDY.
Circumstantiaz Account of After
Scenes-The Discovery of the Muttla
ted Bodies.


Circumstantiaz Account of After
Scenes-The Discovery of the Muttla-
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-
fies that course, says that the Greek gov
eminent gave orders that the band should
be surrounded, not with a view of taking
offensive measures against it, but to COM
pei il to accept the ransom and the exile,
beyond which concessions M. 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 OF all sides
they determined, on Thursday, the 21st of
April at in the afternoon, to escape
across the Asopus to the sea coast, in the
| intention of crossing over into Eu-
boea. They dragged their pris-
oners, wet through and exhausted by ia
| tigue and sickness, to the stream swollen
by the recent heavy rains, and endeavored
to compel them to swim across. Count
Bowl, 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 number of soldiers suddenly
appeared on the other side of the stream.
They Immediately cut him down with their
yataghans and fed, taking with them the
rest Of the prisoners. The troops plunged
into the stream in a terrible rage, many of
them were carried away by it, but the rest
climbing the shore, hotly pursued the brig
apIc THEW had not OOt far before thew
came upon the bloody and still quivering
corpses of Mr. 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
brigands 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 thicket. 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
|
and disgust. And, moreover although
evidently warm friend of the 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 q fact
| that the Government were aware
of the Eruption of this particu-
| lar band into Attica when
they allowed and encouraged Lord Num-
caster and his friends to make their trip. ~
Writing upon the 23d, the correspondent,
after describing the arrival of the bodies at
| the railway station and the religious cere.
mony, proceeds to give these details: ''Mr.
Herb ert and Mr.. Lloyd had several mortal
dagger stabs, but the life of both was prob
ably taken in the same way, for both had
gun-shot wounds under the right and left
ear. The severely wounded prisoner had
| beer subjected in Thebes to an examina-
ton, in which he made remarkable revela-
tons. On Sunday, the 18th of april, the
band was in the neighborhood Of Athens,
and parsonage unknown to the bandits
informed them of the projected trip of the
foreigners. On the day of Lord Muncas-
ters liberation, there appeared in the course
of the night in the brigand camp two
masked personages received with much
reverence by the leaders, who urged the
brigands to insist upon an amnesty. The
correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette
subsequently states his impression that
only the establishment CT martial law can
put down brigandage."
A Thrilling Indian Adventure.
From the Prescott (Arizona, Minerl
| When the Richardson party divided near
1 iorh+ 7o loo or+b
westfrom Prescott, twenty-one of the party
remainder started for Cataract creek,
to look at patch of country which
they had, on former trip, seen
from g, distance, and in which they sup
posed gold existed. The first party had
Travelled about six miles towards Prescott
when three of their number, Edward Pearl,
- Mcdonald and Ferdinand Wonder,
seeded, and with burro, on which they
packed their blankets and provisions, start
ed for the Little Colorado. Two of this
latter party got back here Saturday last,
and related fearful tale Of Indian dupli-
city, treacbery and murder. We give it a
related to us;
Shortly after leaving their companions
the little party of three struck an Indian
trail and followed it northward. They soon
Diamond creek. Here they met party of
Wallapais Indians, who acted very friendly
and showed ''peace papers from some
army officer. This satisfied the whites
who then turned east. They travelled two
days, and the night of the second reached
country that looked exceedingly we'll for
gold, the beds of the streams being filled
with granite and quartz powders and
gravel. Timber and game abounded. The
party unpaeked the burro, cooked and ate
supper, and retired to dream of what they
might find next day. During the latter
part of that night their ever faithful burro
awoke the party by certain antics which all
burrOs cut up upon seeing something I'M
usual-more especially in the dead hours
of night.
But, alas, for the men, they paid no at
tention to the snorting of the donkey, and
fell back again into sound sleep, from
which they were aroused about daylight by
party Of four savages, who had crawled
to their beds and opened murderous fire
upon them with bows and arrows Upon
seeing how matters stood, the whites grasp
ed their weapons, turned loose upon the
savages, and drove them away. The result
of the fight was as follows: Ferdinand
Wonder was MORALLY wounded. and Nc
Donald and Pearl were wounded in several
places, not seriously enough, however, to
prevent them from travelling. They look
ed around for the burro, and not seeing
him, concluded that the Indians had COB
bled him. They then packed their blank
cts on their backs, took hold of Wonder,
and assisted his tottering footsteps. They
had proceeded scarce q hundred yards,
when Wonder, from whose wounds the
blood spurted informed his comrades that
it was impossible for him to travel with
them any further, even with their assist
ance, and begged them to shoot him.
This they would not do, SO he imaedi-
ateIy shot himself in the head with his six
shooter. Mcdonald and Pearl remained
by mis- side until satisfied that he was dead,
when they took up his arms and proceed
ed on their way. They travelled two days
and nights without water, preferring to suf-
fer for want of it rather than risk their
lives by hunting for it in the canons and