Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-03
Hadji Hi ana HtS Bandits.

GENEVA Letter to the London Times.
"Hadjl Ah,'' runs letter from Smyrna
under date of March %, which has just ap-
peared in the Journal de GeneUe, sis a re-
doubtable bandit, who, after having spread
terror in the neighborhood of Baindir and
Tigree, and greatly enriched himself by
the plumber of travellers, implored the
dnan (pardop), which our authorities were
only too willing to grant him. Since that
time this malefactoT by profession has
lived at Baindir, ard, surrounded by para
sites and accOmplices, enjoyed TO the full
the pleasures Of Opulenca and the sweets of
the Oriental far njente At the time of the
Russo-Turki5h war, in response to an ap-
peal from the ladishah, he recruited
Al his own expense, severed hun
dreds of Zelbecs and sooundrels of
the worst class, whom he Led to Bulgaria,
where, with the help of The Circassians,
they committed the atrocities which made
his name infamous and Mortified all Eu-
rope. This you know, but you may not
have heard that on his return TO Syria this
brigand chief recsived from his sovereign
the decoration of the Medjidie and tbs
title of Pasha for eminent services rem
dered to his country. Hadji Ali Pasha
made a triumphai entry into Baindir,
where he has since occupied himself with
agriculture, for he possesses in this dis
trict several thousand GonumS of land,
besides vast herds of cattle and focks of
sheep, the fruits of his forays. He exercises
in this region almost absolute power, and
during the last eight years ths governors
general of Smyrna have had several
times to implore his aid in the
suppression of the brigandage which
desolates our provinces. rhe head.Quar
ters of the robbers are in this very
district of Baindir, and there they seem to
have established themselves en- pernanence.
There never passes week without news
being received of some audacious robbery
or capture committed in this region; but
no harm ever befalls Hadji Ali P4sha; his
property and person are always treated
with the most religious respect, and ne
very often successfully medltates for re-
duction of the ransom demanded by the
thieves for the release of some unfortunate
whom they have carried off to the mount
aims. This fact, and several other circum-
stances which have come to his knowledge.
have at length convinced our Vail that
Aadji is the secret accomplish and most
powerful supporter of the brigandage
which has rendered the Province almost
uninhabitable, and L have it on
good authority that the Governor
General has asked for instructions on the
subject from Constantinople. And there
is no time to lose, for, according to let
ter from Adm, which 1 have seen, twenty
bandits, commanded by the ferocious Deli
Osman Djeritogie and armed with Martini
rifles, entered on Sunday, March 25, the
village of Hirdir R9Jli, an hours railway
journey from AiGiH. and after demanding
breakfast, which W. served to them, Sc
lected and carried off to the mountains six
notables of the place. This done, he called
the chief man of the village, told him to
telegraph to Smyrna what had happened
and to say that he was 1t the head of
seventy men. The ransom demanded for
the six ceptives is 1000 Ottoman pounds,
(e92O."