Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-29
VICTIMS Of BRIGANDS.
Terrible Fate of Lord Muncas-
ter's Party In Greece.
OUTLAWS FIRED FROM THE WOODS

All the Captives Murdered Because
Troops Instead Of Cash Were Sent.
Capture and Retention Of Miss
Stone Only One Of Many Similar
Crimes.
The capture and retention of Miss
Stone by Bulgarian brigands Is by no
means the first time this ancient trick
has been played by the outlaws Of
southeastern Europe, says the Chicago
Record Herald. Americans have sell
dom fallen into this kind Of trap, but
British and continental travellers, in
Greece especially, are familiar enough
with the method and it's deadly SIM
plicity.
On April II, 1870, party left Athens
to visit the battlefield Of Marathon. 1t
consisted of Lord and Lady Muncaster,
Frederick Vynor, Mr.. Herbert, one of
the secretaries to the British legation;
Count de Boyl, secretary to the Italian
legation, and Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd, with
their child, five years old. They were
In two carriages, escorted by four
mounted gendarmes, two riding in
front and one on each side. On the way
they passed party Of six gendarmes,
who seemed to be patrolling the road;
also little farther on party Of TWEEN
ty-four gendarmes near Marathon.
After inspecting the historic battle.
ground the expedition started on it's re-
turn, passed the party of twenty-four
gendarmes, who vainly endeavored to
keep up with them, and afterward the
party Of six who were following pretty
closely in the rear, when, as the road
went through thick woods, volley was
fired which killed one of the mounted
guard and severely wounded another,
and Immediately the tourists We're sur
rounded by brigands, who dragged
them from their carriages and roughly
despoiled them of their money and
valuables and commenced dragging
them up the slope of Mount Pentelicus.
The party of six gendarmes quickly
came up and opened fire, which was
returned by the brigands, who num-
bered twenty, and the gendarmes, find
Ing they We're largely outnumbered,
withdrew After proceeding short
distance the two ladies were sent back
OH horses that had been taken from
the mounted guard. The brigands took
their other victims into the Businesses
of the mountains and encamped.
Lord Muncaster was sent back to
arrange for the payment of ransom
of fo5,OO0 ($125, O0O) for the party and
indemnity for the brigands, he agree
ing to return IL unsuccessful. Through
the liberality Of merchant In Athens
he was enabled to raise the amount,
but the Greek government, unwilling
to undertake the safe convoy Of such a
large sum Of money, instead Of for
warding the ransom sent an armed
expedition against the brigands. which
so enraged them that they murdered
all the captives.
This caused a profound sensation
throughout Europe and led to the i'm
mediate resignation of General Sout-
EOS, the minister of war. The English
and Italian governments demanded q
full investigation and punishment Of
the brigands. Seven of them We're soon
captured and Immediately executed.
Several members Of the cabinet wish
ed to limit the scope Of the investiga-
ton, but the king insisted on making
it complete for the honor and credit Of
the country. The affair led to change
In the cabinet.
In February. 1880, Colonel Synge,
who had been sent by Sir Henry Lay
ard to distribute relief to Mussulman
refugees in eastern Roumclia, was cap
tured near Salonica by the notorious
Greek brigand NikO He was kept for
month Il prisoner in Il cave. guarded
by five men. and then released on pay
ment of a ransom OF 10000 lras.
On May 30. 1891, Anastatius, Greek
brigand. tore up some rails of the ORR
entail railway at Tcharkeskani, sixty
miles from Constantinople and half
way to Adrianople robbed the passen-
gers of derailed train and took the
III 81 SAuoo puSoShSSiS w thC
tains. These happened to be party Of
German tourists. and one of the num-
ber Berlin manufacturer named
Israel, was sent back with a letter de-
handing 100000 francs. This the Ger
man embassy paid, exacting its return
from the Turkish government. The
prisoners were kept in captivity nine
days. The bandits numbered thirty
and We're all Greeks.
At Ormudja, near by, Eugene de
Raymond, manager Of large vine
yard, was carried off in the same year
by Thomas, another Greek brigand.
On the demand of the French embassa-
dor the Turkish government sent 5000
liras and secured his release. An Ital-
ian railway officer was also captured
about the same time.
1t would seem from the foregoing
that the. occupation Of brigandage in
the Balkan peninsula is monopolized
by the Greeks and that there Is strong
ground in most of these cases to sus-
pect the connivance Of men high in au-
thority. The Turkish government has