Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-03
HadH 4It and HIS Bandits.

Geneva Letter to the London Times.
"Hadjl ALL" runs letter from Smyrna
under date of March %, which has just ap-
peared in the Journal de Gereeve, ''is 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
aman (pardon), which our authorities were
only too willing to grant him. Since that
time this malefaCtJ" by profession has
lived at Baindir, ana, surrounded by para
sites and accOmphces, enjoyed TO the full
the pleasures of OpuleDce and the sweets of
the Oriental far Hlelfe- At the time of the
Russo-Turkish war, ii response to an ap-
peal from The Padishah, he recruited
at his OWE expense, severed hun
dreds of Zeibecs and sooundreIs Of
the worst class, whom he led to Bulgaria,
where, with the help of the Crcassians,
they committed the atrocities which made
his name infamous and Mortified all Ed.
rope. This you know, but you may not
have heard that on his return to Syria this
brigaud chief received from his sovereign
the decoration of tbs Medjidie and the
title of Pasha for eminent services rem
dered to his country. Hadj; Ali Pasha
made triunphal entry into Baindir,
where he has since occupied himself with
agriculture, for he possesses in this dis
trict several thousand domains 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 the governors
general of Smyrna have had several
times to implore his aid in the
suppression of the brigandage which
desolates our provinces. The head quar-
tiers of the robbers are in this very
district of Baindir, and there they seem to
have established themselves en- pern1anence.
There never passes week without news
being received of some audaoious robbery
or capture committed in this region; but
no harm ever befalls Hadji Ali Pasha; his
property and person are always treated
with the most religious respect, and he
very often successfully msditates 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
Hadji is the secret accomplish and most
powerful supporter of the brigandage
which has rendered the Province almost
uniahabitable, and 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 a let
ter from Adm, which l have seen, twenty
bandits, commanded by the ferocious Deli
Osman Djeritogie and armed with Martini
rifles, entered on Sunday, March %, the
journey from Adm, and after demanding
breakfast, which was 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 10 say that he was at the head of
seventy men. The ransom demanded for
the * c-P.!ves is 1000 Ottoman pounds,
(e920)."