The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-20
HAS COMMITTED SUCH DEEDS
THE QUEEN HAS FOOLIsHLY HELPED
HIM OUT OF MANY sCRAPEs.
Technically, He II n Dead Man. but
Really, Is Very Much Alive and
inst the One to Do Mischief.
cerrespondepce OF the IndianapoIls Journal.


bandit and favorite,' as he styles himself,
has had a hand in the abduction OF Miss
Stone. as he is just the man TO conceive
daredevil plot OF that kind. irrespective OF
political and other consequences.
The fact that his name is not mentioned
IA the reports Is Of little consequence, for,
officially, Nassor has been dead four or five
years-ever since the Greek authorities
thought IL expedient to announce that he
was killed in a battle with soldiers, sent to
capture him dead or alive" True, on that
occasion. the soldiers did kill a bandit, but
not NassOr. On the contrary. they allowed
the Musolino of the Greek mountain dis
tricts to escape and in his stead slew one OF
his underlings. all of which is perfectly well
understood among the initial ted And the
reason for the strange decker between the
government and a red-handed outlaw is OBJ
vious enough.
Nassor. who dared subscribe himself
Queens bandit and favOrite" in his public
proclamatiOns, had threatened TO compro-
mise Queen Olga if put on trial. And II
Won should undertake to have me murdered.
the opposition press will forthwith be put IN
a position by my associates to make dis
closures liable to drive the reigning dynasty
from Greek soil by a wave of public indig-
nation" added the rascal to his ultimatum.
n QUEER COMPROMISE.
1t would be impairment, well as fool
isb. to defend Queen Olga against the abb
surd charges implied, still the government,
being aware that her Majesty had repeated
" Interested herself I'm the romantic scoun-
drel, felt that the dignity OF the crown de-
nanded the suppression of the threatened
scandal. For that reason the orders to the
soIdiery in pursuit Of the cut-throat were
changed at the last moment, with the re-
suit noted, and NassOr's crime OF aDduct-
ing a Judge of the Supreme Court and muir
dering him in cold blood, when the ransom
was not forthcoming at a given hour not
only went unpublished, but actually brought
him in a pension of 1900 lires per year,
which he enjoyed up to 1900. when the min
lister OF the interior struck 1t OF the list
without consulting his colleagues
When the government thus broke faith
with him. Nassor Indignantly returned to
his former trade and began TO paint his
favorite stamping grounds. Thessaly and
Macedonia, a, deep red He is an expert kid
naper and more than a hundred rich men,
women and children fell victims TO his
shrewdness in obtaining ransOms during the
last eighteen months or so. Indeed. so lucky
was Nassor In his operations that other
members OF the Greek rObher dynasty got
Jealous Of his success and threatened him
with dire things unless he consented to
business alliance. The blonde chief first re-
fused to associate with common cut-throats.
but was persuaded at the point OF pistol
20 do so in favor OF weil-knOwn despe-
RADIO with a most imposing name. the arti-
cIes OF partnership stipulating that Nassor
do the deft and gentlemany, his "pard'
the dirty work-this because Nassor grew
so tender-hearted OF late that he actually
shrinks from shedding blood, which circum-
stance leads the Athenians to think that
Miss Stones life will probably be safe for
some time at least. if Nassor is really at
the head Of the band which captured her, or
connected with IL.
THE BANDITS WHEREABOUTS.
When last heard Of. about month ago,
Nassor's band was lowering about the
Greek-Turkish frontier. making raids into
Thessaly, now and again seeking refuge in
Macedonia and vice versa. As il former
times the peasants and mountaneers were
at the brigands beck and call, these volun-
teers profting largely by the misdeeds OF
the robbers, which they further In every
way possible, in order 20 share in the pro-
ceeds. That Notwithstanding Nassor's band
is said TO have had a pretty hard time of il,
the chief alone living on the fat Of the
land, as the women fairly fought for the
honor of harboring him and the men had
heard too much OF his misdeeds not to stand
I'm fear OF the bold fellow.
AS IL is, they serve his guides, his spies
and his scouts, while his personal gener-
osity became a matter OF record. especially
as neither he nor members of his band COM
mitted, Of late. any atrocious crimes such
as are usually associated with brigandage.
Athenians who know something about bril-
Randage and Nassor in particular. claim TO
have abundant reason for believing that
1.-THE Queens bandit is mixed up in the
Ellen Stone affair. Above all" they say,
his territory was about played out, for
Greeks able TO AFFORD big ransoms are few
and far between. Then he is. perhaps, the
only brigand in these parts who knows
enough TO concoct the scheme OF appealing
70 a whole nation on behalf OF a single in
dividual Being an educated man. Nassor is
alive TO the fact of Americas great wealth
and also 10 the benevolent disposition of her
people that will not let a good woman die
horrible death IL her life can be bought
by a sack Of gold. And again. he realized
the religious aspect of the case. n Protestant
missionary in deadly peril for the sake of
her faith-the whole English-speaking
world would be aroused: indeed, the specu-
latiou could not miscarry, and he was sure
OF his money"
other Athenians go still further and say
none but NassoT would have dared such a
thing as capturing American woman on
European soil. none but him enjoys the
protection OF the Queen. whose influence
sure 10 save him from the gallows if
caught
ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE QUEEN.
one evening in iOctober. 1891. when her
Majesty WAS prOmenading in the gardens
attached 10 the palace. the figure OF a
young man suddenly broke from the orange
and rose thickets. As he threw himself at
the Queens feet. Olga saw that the strang-
was a sublieutenant In one OF the na-
tional Albanian foot regiments. wearing the
accordian-pleated petticoats and heavy
white tights. set of by colored zouaye