The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-05-13
FIVE WEEKS AMONG BRIGANDs

! 4 correspondent OF the London Ddiiy
Ne1os, writing from Salonica, under
,ss9ate of March 81, sends the particulars
's bl,n- ra1aoe~
Synge, after fYe weeks captivity The
Colonel was taken from his own residence
The brigand band, which consisted of
about forty, laid siege to the house III a
ihost systematic manner. They first
gave meat to the dogs to keep them quiet.
They then kept up an incessant fire, aim
/ ing at the lower paDes Of the windows -
Colonel Synge was sitting in an armchair
as he heard the bullets falling about him
! He had just returned from his Journey to
| Djuma, and at the moment had not any
guns out, having unmounted and locked
/ them in their cases previous to his depar-
| ture. He, however, soon possessed him
| self OF one by breaking open the case,
and returned the fire, but the brigands
broke open a door and obtained access
/ to a quantity of hay, to which they set
/ fire, threatening to burn down the house
! If he did not surrender. It was not till
/ he saw the smoke rising in the room that
/ he gave in. At the ferry house on the
/ Vistritza three men were killed. They
! recognized Nico and another man, aud
! fired at them first, hitting one brigand in
/ the shoulder, but missing Nico, who,
/ thereupon killed two OF them with yata-
CHAN. Colonel Synge begged them to
spare The third mans life, promising to
pay any ransom, but Nico presented a
/ gun at his head and shot him dead.
/ Colonel Synge was bound at the two ell
bows, the rope passing across his neck,
ana his eyes bandaged during the day
time. They travelled at night, and,
from Colonel Synge's account, must have
made a considerable detour to evade pur
/ suit. He was kept the whloe time in a
cave, not far from Catherine, guarde2 by
/ five men, and save that he had to put up
with very Indifferent fare-bread and
I goats hesh-and had to sleep on a bed Of
leaves, he never experienced any bad
/ treatment at their hands. They had no
fires during the day, fearing to be detect
ed through the smoke. Once he was
threatened to be roasted alive. It would
appear that the chiefs of another band.
unfriendly to Nico, came to the dragoman
of the Consulate, proposing to catch him
and bring him to Mr.. Blunt, who would
then negotiate for an exchange OF prison
ers. This came to the knowledge Of the
men guarding Colonel Synge, and they
told him that had this proposition been
accepted and Nico captured they would
have fayed him, covered him with petro-
leum, and placed him over fire Mr.
Blunt, however, saw too much danger in
the scheme and declined it. When the
money was being counted Nico examined
every Pjecet TO see that they were not mark.
ed, and insisted on delay Of twenty
four hours 70 unable him and his band
TO leave the neighborhood, having from
the first refused al amnesty.
Aico Is young uan, not more than 25.
short Of stature. but with broad shoul.
ders. possessing great intelligence and
! beloved 10y all his band. Among them
We're six Greek deserters, but the rest
were Ottoman Greeks and Wallachs.
III. SHEEHAS, of Oscoda. Mich, writes
II have used DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil
on horses for different diseases and found
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