Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-28

THE BRIGANDS ARE TURKS.
Lady VIII be Found within Ten
Days, II Aiive, Says Bulgarian
CHIEF Of Police.

New York, Oct 2S.--A special to the
Press from Boston says:
Under the caption "The odyssey Of
Miss HELEN Stone" the Evening Post
of Sofia, Bulgaria, copies Of which have
just been received IN Boston, publishes
description Of the capture Of the
American misslonuy. The afieie con-
talns an Interview with Konsantlno
Pitsin, the Bulgarian horse keeper
whose horses were ridden by Miss
Stone and her party when they were
held up by the brigands from the FROM
tier II thus describes the capture.
I'VE were travelling from Banske TO
Djumay (both are In Turkish territory
upon the mountain road. In the place
known as Gradovishte, there suddenly
appeared ten men, who, covering US
with mauscrs, called out 'testim olup'
Turkish for suTender).
1--WE were all on horseback, six wo-
men and three men, including Grlgor
Tsilka tthe husband of Nine. Tsilka).
and the student Dimtr Kostov. All were
dismounted and We're driven straight
up the mountain. The place was most
impossible, The saddles OF the horses
and even the clothes OF the women
were scratched and torn 10 shreds by
the heavy underbrush.
About 800 metres from Leaning Rock
our captOrs were Joined by TWENTY-FIVE
more Turks and Anauts, who searched
the women and took away their watch
es and other valuables on the spot.
Miss Stone had about fifty lire Turkish
with her Then they led off Miss Stone
and Nine, Tsllka aud left the rest Of
us under guard OF fifteen men. There
we remained all night under pain Of
being shot III we stirred When day
break came we saw that the guard had
vanished and we went to Nahomla
THE brigands spoke only Turkish
On the day after my arrest In Maho-
mia, ! was taken before the kadi. who
urged me to saw that the brgands were
Bulgarians. This | refused TO do. be.
cause did not wish to perjure myself
1"jen they put me on the ground ana
beat me with rods and kicked me until
! was unconscious.
ION the next day the Turkish soldiers
captured all the wood cutters in tn
mountains Of Gradevsko and ma sa.
cred the men, while the women and
children were driven TO Diumay I'm
chains. After three days / was re-
leased and succeeded in making NV
way 10 the mountains and then escapel
into Bulgaria"
In another issue the Sofia Post prints
an interview with Macedonian rafl-
gee who made his escape from Turkish
territory into Bulgaria.
The Post quotes the refugee as saw
ing:
I'm the town Of Gradevo fifteen
townsmen We're arrested and driven
IN chains to Djumay where they were
subjected to fearful tortures In prison
In the village OF Sudbnovo peasants
were seized and their feet niaced in
vises. After each tightening Of the
screws they were urged TO make a con-
iession Identifying The brigands as Ru-
garians. In many other villages the
same barbarltles are being practiccd,
all on the pretexl Of trying to locate
the captured American"
WILL BE FOUND If ALIVE.
New York, Oct. 2S.-According to the
Sofia correspondent OF the Journal and
Advertiser Col. Kanicheff, project of
the Bulgarian police, has made the
following statement regarding Miss
Stone, the missing missionary.
III Miss Stone is living she will be
found within ten days Three different
parties are now enroute TO establish
communication with the brigands.
Dickinson has sent two young men
from Sofia. They are Macedonians and
Know the cuuntr, we'll A party Of
ave has gone from Samakov with the
same object. They are former pupils
OF Miss Stone and volunteered for the
trip. Mr., Dickinson pays all expenses.
The third party consists Of one sent by
toe Russian minister.
This Is the most mysterious affair
We have had since the court photOg-
raphor was captured in the woods near
samakoy thirteen years ago He Is
still living and his frugal life with the
tsiganCs cured lin OF several diseases.
1T Is omlnous that nothing has been
heard OF the captive for month. our
severe measures have driven the biz
sands from the frontier to the inter-
Tor and II is now a race between the
three relief parties TO see which viii