The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-30
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The Man Who an E0ttYe
Family Two Years Ago C~aPtured-A
creek Brigand Caught
New York, December 27--Miehael
Fernando, a Greek, who is charged with
having decoyed a greek sailor. Nicholas
Zoutzoble, to his room and there beaten
him into insensibility and robbed him,
upon being arraigned in court today
was identified as the greek brigand
Soteros de Sarantos, for whom the
greek government has offered 5000
francs, dead or alive. The identified
ton was made by George Zegouras, Of
this city, and others. Sarantos, it was
stated, has been in this country for
many months and has been recognized
by nearly all the Greeks who have met
him as the brigand on whose head the
greek government has placed a price,
but they have been afraid to disclose
his identity to the authorities.
Just prior to the breaking out of the
Graeco-Turkish war a gang Of ~brigands
under the leadership Of Sarantos infest-
ed the province of Artolia, in the south
ern portion of Greece. The outlaws
imprisoned wealthy residents of the
country and travellers and held them
for ransom. Many English and other
tourists suffered at the hands of the
outlaws. They became such a terror
that the greek government sent a de-
tail of soldiers to aid the police of the
locality in suppressing them. The out
laws and the authorities came into con-
flct and a captain of police and five
soldiers We're killed by the outlaws.
The greek government then offered a
reward for the capture of Sarrantos
dead or alive.
Fernando denies emphatically that he
is Sarrantos and declares that his enc
mics have plotted to get rid of him.
The prisoner was held for trial on the
charge of assault and robbery and the
matter of briganding will be laid before
the greek consul here.
Columbus, Ohio, December 81
There is under arrest in this city a
man whom the police have strong rea-
son to believe is James c.. Durham, for
whom there is a reward offered, lead
or alive, at San Jose, California. He
picked up here by Detective Louis
Wolf, Of the local force, as a suspicious
character, he having offered a lot of
goods for sale at about 20 per cent of
the actual value. He said his right
name was Harry Church and that he
born in Sacramento, Cal, from
which point he started out two years
ago. He has had a number of aliases.
The crime for which Durham, whom
is suspected of being, is want
ed, was an attrocious one. At a lonely
farm house between San Jose and Los
Gatos, Santa Clara county, CAL, on the
night of Tuesday May rs, 1896, James
e. Durham slew all the occupants of
the residence save one, a baby boy.
His wife, her mother, her step father,
her brother, a man and a maid servant
were sacrificed. They were all mem
bers of the family of Colonel r. P.
McGlincy. The deed was carefully
planned. Durham came to his wife in
the night and gave her a chance to
write a message to those whom she be-
lieved would be spared. Then his fin
gers fastened around her throat and the
woman was %strangled. Next, Minnie
Schessler, a servant was slain, her
skull being cleft with an Ak. Mrs. Nc
Glincy shared her fate.
The murdered men were at Campbell
when the women were killed. Colonel
McGlincy came first. AS he opened the
o he was met by a bullet. He turn
ed to seek safety in flight and James K.
Wells, his stepson, rushed to his as
sistance. Wells was shot through the
heart and instantly killed. Jumping
over his body, Durham pursued the
older man. He caught him at a nearby
cabin and ended his misery. Robert A.
Brisco, who sheltered McGlincy was
also shot to death. Durham escaped.
despite strenuous efforts to capture
him