Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-01-05
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The Greek Rrigauds of To-day,

SIhe whole of the band I-Of Greek
briganas by wiipra Mr. Suter was cap
tured. were Chfistians-thati is, they
belonged to the Greek Churcil-and no
less than seven had been in the Greek
army III different grades, and had de-
serted therefrom. Notwithstanding that
every day of their lives is passed in per-
petrating the most heinous crimes, yet
these men never begin q. meal without
crossing themselves, and saying their
prayers at night. On the Greek Easter
day Mr.. Suter was surprised to find
that each had his candle lighted, and
that after presenting one to the prisoner
they would not begin to eat till they
had crossed themselves three times,
each time the chief saying "Ch~ist
rs risen, and the remainder answering
Truly, He is risen, 2 concluding the
ceremony by kissing each other adj
round, including Mr. 5Snter.. t.5 e- rg5.
.sLseFF; blgand Wears IA ehsra, .cenrc
Slstng Of eitllerla sbitaQf. blue glass or
rcd six, to preserve his flesh from beiu2
enetr43ted BY bullets, and the faith
{ p. al sptt IN these .thlngs, slnaoasstss
n4I:et.s One aneGdote. is told 1of "a Reia-
iler ,ofr Afistiaes band who, daring the,
Cnetan lnsurrectien, was, OK posed on the
top 81 rock tolthe fire, Of The Turkish
troopss II Presently hesgage a7shout and
fsh BACK, saying he. was shot. but when.
examined nothing could be seen but q
slight black marx where the bullet
struck him. Thus was, all accounted for
by y blue, marble. charm which he wore,
and and # several men -sWore to the truth OF
we ABOVE, story, -yhyyry1 qdl 5sl fattrff+>:
+ One Or TWO, stories, as related to Mr..
Spter by the gang round their evening
meal, show their, brutality. ~ The, Chief
OF the band, Aristides, one day came
across an old Turk out, shooting, who
had with him bis piece Of, forked stick,
which is used III order To-, obtain a bet.
ter aim, by resting on It the barrel. of the
gun. Simply for amusement. the brig
and chief sfrangled the. man, afterward
placing him in kneeiing position, putz
ting his ,foyling piece to his, shoulder,
and resting the Barrel on the crl,tcI IN
the most natural position. SO that any
passef-by would never suspect but that
il, vas a peasant sportsman instead Of a
corpse. .,..,f., - -. ,....,4 FILL.
Another enectlot5es wa was told with great
gusto, Nlko, the CHEF Of the band that
took Col, Synge, caught, a. man near "a 4
sAw-mili whom he, thought he recog I
nized, The conversation commenced
thus Did you. not once spy, for
ME ?'',a q YES. ~ Did I, hot pay You
five .1ifas for so dong ?'' I. q Yes. ?
''Then,,,', said Nike take q bit Of ps,
per and pencil and write .taslI ten YOU !
THIS is the way Niko treats traitors. %
After this was done he first sawed off the
man 5 right hand SO that he should
never write anything against him, next
he deprived him Of His ears so TINT he
should hear no more Questions about
the band, and, finally, he cut his tongue
out to prevent his telling tales. Then, E
WRAPPING all these fragments iii hand,
kefcRief, he babe hun walk to the near I
est village to present them with the note
to the Pasha.p q1he poor iiian, not d;ft
ing to refuse, struggled on till he
died from loss of blood. Daily
Nesps. U5s-a| EsHnia3 9if ,EtlcI i