New-York tribune., 1870-05-09
GREECE.

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remained perfectly serene and firm to the last.
GREECE.
| THE CAPTURE BY BRIGANDs-ADvENTURES OF
| LORD MUNCAsTER's PARTY-HOw THE CAP
| TURE TOOK PLACE-LADIES IN THE HANDS
| OF THE BRIGANDS
lFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
ATHENS, April 13.-The day before yesterday
party of Englishmen-Lord and Lady Muncaster,
| Mr.. Nining, Lady Muncasters cousin Mr.. Herbert,
Secretary of the British Legation here Mr.. Lloyd,
an English lawyer, connected with the Athens and
| Pirgus Railway, with hs wife and child, and Count
BOyl, Secretary of the Italian Legation-started to
visit the Plain of Marathon escorted by four gen.
dames on horseback. They had applied to the
War Office here TO know whether the rumors about
| brigands were true or not, and whether the roads
were secure. In reply, the four gendarmes had
been sent to escort them, with that the
country about Athens perfectly safe, and brig
ands bugbear invented by foreigners. The party
drove ont of Athens at in the morning in two
carriages visited Marathon, and returning at
about in the afternoon when they were attacked by
band of brgands at a ravne called the Raina Bridge,
about 10 miles from Athens Shortly after they had
started from Marathon they had met patrol of sol
diers headed by a well known leader an x-brigand,
called Mtsa, who had offered to accompany them,
and had in fact done for short time; but his men
being on foot and unable to keep up with the car
rages, they had soon been distanced and were far
behind. When the carriages reached the ravine,
about so banditti sprang forth and stopped them.
They seized the horses heads and in twinkling had
knocked the drivers from their seats, and unhorsed
and secured the gendarmes before they could fire
single shot Resistance indeed was useless. One of
them tried to free himself and draw his pistol from
his holsters, when his horse shot under him. and
rolling with it to the ground, he was seized and
bound in minute. The brigands then politely
asked the ladies and gentlemen to alght
from the carriages and follow them. The
party alighted and each prisoner was given
in charge to brgand, who walked by his side with
| gun ready cooked. They marched off at a
| quick pace, coachmen, servants, guides, and gen.
darnes following under similar escort, and leaving
! the carriage on the road No attempt had been
made to search them or make them give up valuable
articles. The brigand escorting Lady Muncaster
alone his eye having caught a golden locket she
wore round her neck snatched IL, tore il off, and
thrust it into his breast pocket; but in doing he
seemed very anxious that he should not be seen by
| his companions. This was the only article stolen.
The gentlemen were allowed to retain their watches
and purses, and the carriages left unseaTched.
! As they walked briskly up the rugged brushwoOd-
| grown slopes Of Mount Pentecus, suddenly the
chief of the band on sign from one of his scouts,
turned round and ordered the prisoners to lie fiat on
the ground and not breathe word if they valued
| their lives. The occasion of this sudden measure
TO have been that the scout had deserted the
patrol headed by Milsa coming along the road.t
Presently they were told to rise again, and they
proceeded up the hill, walking fast rocks and
rolling stones the ladies with great difficulty climb
ing the rough hillside and tearing through the thick
brushwood covering it, while Mr.. Lloyd, who had to
carry his little girl in his arms, struggled hard to
keep up with the rapid pace. AS they advanced high
up the HILL of the brgands looked round at the
| gendarmes, who with the servants followed in
the wake of the party; whether it that they
felt uneasy at having them among the rest or that
they had some ancient grudge against them, they
suddenly called to their companions who escorted
them walking by their side, and these sprung
aside the Others with the most cold booded ferocity
fired down upon them. Two fell grOanng to the
ground, the one with a ball through the jaw and
another In his side and the other with a broken
thigh and a wound in the shoulder The other two
not wounded, fell on their knees and begged for
mercy in the name of their wives and children
The chief ordered them to rise and move on fast !:
and the party, hOrrOr-stricken with the incident
marched on again, leaving the two wounded men
lying on the ground where they were picked up some
time after and brought to town. One has died since
and the other is not expected to live.
| The party had marched on q short way when sud-
denly they were ordered again in manner even
ercer than before to lie fiat the ground and they
| heard shots fired in their rear The soldiers had
reached the foot of the hill and probably
| one of the band, or conceived some suspicion, and
fired They were random shots however and reached
no one The chief sent ten of his men back to hold
the soldiers in check and bidding his prisoners RISE
led them at breathess pace up to the top of the
hill. The fusilade continued behind them. but as
they reached the summit OF the hill-the northern
| spur of Pentelicus-and commenced descending on
the other side il died away and they heard no more
| of it. Here the detached brgands having probably
diverted the attention of the patrol and led 1t OIL on
a false track and then disappeared, rejOned them.
Meantime the ladies' thoroughly worn out declared
| their utter inability TO 60 any further. They had
walked about two hours up the rough rocky hill Mt
the brigands eath-taking pace their garments
were torn TO tatters by the thick bruslwOod; breath
| less and Frustrated they sunk down. and despite all
| menaces could not he induced to go on. The
bripands soon saw indeed that their accompanying
| them any further would only be an incumbrance
10 their progress, and decided to send them back
One of the gendarmes was ordered to conduct them
TO the carriages, and cOachman sent to drive them
thence TO the town. Mr. Herbert the English Sec
retary had to write letter 10 his chief, the British
Minister dictated by the chief Of the brigands, in
which he stated that their fixed at $780,,
900 sterling which was be sent within three days,
in gold and that steps should be taken tC prevent
the Greek Government from sending any tgOOps IN
pursuit Oi tem for the bIgands declared positively