Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-02-11

vas free With Stanley free an.
there % Assist hem, the Turk v
az disadvantage. lie had retire
Ell back IN the direction whence
came. Stanley's fingers were @
inside by grasping the Turks ia
ger while IN the midst # the stru
: gle, and they were bleeding pr
fusely. Bot 10 allow the Turk
= escape might hazard our own safety
and Stanley rushed to his saddl
!. bags, took out his revolver an
= fired two successive shots, bu
missed his mark, and the Turl
reached the top 81 a small bin som
forty rods distance. We gathere,
up orr things as soon a. We could
anil about this time Mr.. Cook made
his appearance, and Stanley, with
a cry II "ho for the mountains, .
mounted one Il the Turks horses
and babe me mount the other and
follow him. I ga!lOped off after
Stanley and Cook, who had left the
highway and moved To the south
toward the mountains. We ran
our horses a distance 81 fifteen
miles, when they were exhausted,
and We were compelled to camp for
the night.
Meantime the Turk had not been
idle. He collected n force Of eight
or ten men and started in hot pur-
snit ii ", aad Just before dark,
when Stanley thought that he vas
safe, we were -ta,,,e,. = the ,-li-
f the Turks. When they made
-neir appearance Stanley ordered
Cook and / 70 fire, but we saw that
&c were outnnmbercd and that
further resistance would be useless.
We were bound with strong cords
and there held a. prisoners four or
I've day, during which time We
E-Is subjected % c.Gs. torture.
Each day We were drawn MP over
beams b ropes Or iariat- around
orr E-czs % compel ~ % give
them money. 81 other TINS they
aid orr heads On b.0ck- and sharp
enet knige~ before -. and By sizT.-
made q understand that We mast
1-iv- them mon y Or hey would cut
orr threats. But a. ne were pen
liie=-, Of cOurce We could not &C.
.ei- % their demands. They r.
used 10 believe that We we're with
ut means, because II was usual for
'0reigu traveller % Re abundau.Iv
'rOvId-t4 We were taken from
-kihassar 70 another point, where
ve were again imprisoned, and
barge of highway robbery vas
preferred against ~ before the Ca
i But fortunately the eIcess II
yur captors in committing outrages
lpon us sad robbing u Of what
i-tle We had-our arms, passports,
Jlanke.s, and orr few extra gar
an avenue FIR our
-@cap@. and Stanley vas quick %
o take advaDta~e az Il.
Boys. I've got you into this
rap. and J.. Eet You out q it
When We were accused q rob
10y before the Cali. Stauley said
hat re ourselves lad been robbed.
I'd that the truth q his statement
0uld he VERIFIED b sxamiaia, the
irons u our accE=er-. sure
EOugh, Underneath their garments
-cre found Cur papers and proper
:, and the Cadi wa convinced that
tanley's story vas true.
At once the Turks were put IN
CT arrest, and Afterwards convey
q to Brous4a- 2 provincial city
carly a days journey from Con-
;anstiDople, where, after some 1A-
y. aud maEy Appointments. the
drk- was cDnyicted Il rObbing T. .
our valuablcs and a large amount
Z EsoL--y, Vhich We never p0-ses-
~ Oar stories were dictated BIZ
tshley thsv were consistent with
~ Circumstances, and a. they I
ere proven, everybOdy seemed ,
SnyiEced that We we're wholly
and our captors guilty.
After this remarkable adventure ,
b. party went 10 C0nstantincyle. :
here Stanley appealed . T.. Joy .
iorri@, American Minister % Tur- :
~, and 20 fully did b enlist the
-mpathies If that gentleman In
ieir behalf. and 20 plausible a sto-
7 aid he tell, that Ilr. Morris adj
lnced from his own private funds
! amount equal % several hundred
Jilars, Stanley giving therefor a
raft for the amount on his father,
hcnn he represented g. a wealthy :
eTchAnt in New York. The draft
e. forwarded for collection only
, Dc returned protested, ard with
e intelligence that no guch man
Henry Stanley's isther could be
.un1