Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-14
LIFE IN DANGER.
Brig ands' Purpose Said to Be to Kill Miss
Stem. Ran ;tm er No Ran SON.

Sofia. Nov. 1;.-Miss Ellen NJ. Stones.
lie is 10 be sacrificed, If not already sac
rihced. even though the ransom demand
"a ll the hrigands he paid. il the plan OF
the outlaw captain. ianne Sandansky. Is
carried out AS soon the money Is
placed within reach of the brieands the
captive American missionary and her
companion, Nine rsilka. are to be muir
der.d.
inere is Il persistent rumor ailoat here
! to the effect that Miss Stone is already
| dead. bat officials can get no positive
proof
1 The two women have wormed from
! their CautorS important political secrets
! affecting the Macedonian committee ana
| their death is demanded I'm order to pre-
! vent these secrets being revealed to
! powers that undoubtedly would execute
lr"min"nt persons for Matching a great
conspiracy. What this plot is can only
DC guessed at. but II is believed to consist
/ OF Widespread plan to overthrow the
sultan OF Turkey the seizing of foreign
/ els ana the procuring of ransoms being
| simply device to obtain funds for the
| revolt without exciting the suspicion Of
! ~" power at which the Macedonian rebel
! lion is t. be aimed.
| Consul Dickinson, who is in Sofia and
i.ing everything possible to effect the re-
| lease ot Miss stone. has obtained know
| edS" OF the brirandS plan to murder
| h'r. II" II bound to prevent her death
| under such circumstances. He has sent
WORT To III" brlSandS that not one penny
! ~ the ransom will he paid until Miss
| Ston" Is delivered safely into the hands
| nt the authorities that can guarantee her
| future safety to the American govern
! mtIt. iic refuses 10 pay the ransom h
.,dNanC" nI her surrender. as desired hy
I tllr f;icHad captain.
Aircady Consul Dickinson has found
"NiH'ncc ui tr'achrrN on the part ot tn.
bulgarian government. and he does moi
n"rnS" t. take amy chances with the
! ttrarhrry Of ihc outlaws themselves.
Reports com" from bihuitza L" III" ~
.uE ur"H both Miss St"n" aud MINI. T4iI
M. I'M" outlaws arc tr.ttiuE under th,
d"',N IN Sc ing th" rIusuu. They blum.
Mi~S St"'gr fnr this ana H. make hrl
Irdttthl' tC'N Al" forcing her to submit
Y" an sorts ot iudiEuiies IN ihc Enp. that
she u indiIc" thr Americans intrt,st"..
~ h'r I',hdit +" PAY over "a, money with
ih' outlaw, themselves thu thr VIII
deliver her at a certain spot
NJ Tunes. u is said. th" hriEuldS Fore
Mss Stone t. abstain from food tor Il
hours. thrn they compel h,i la vat great
puahhti''> az thrir own cuar>.. Victuals
they keen continually iu notion drag
GitE their C'rtiNcS ever i,c-Cappra ,rtkS
tht"u-h forests and from cave fn cave.
liking no h'-d ~ The wrlrcuS irht
ri"thlNG m thclr cries for mercy In IT,,
Wiutry blast
C"nspi Dickinson has made energetic,
representations az til" Bulgarian caNrril.
mtnt against ;h' movements ~ thc RAJ
raritn troops. r"iGnHchiuG Nv, ,i'i,t
with n" fact thHt Notwithstanding th-ir
~"i' mn promises "a EiVr him Am assist
anc" ~ their power their action was en-
hartAsSin= tho negotiations regarding N
settlement and placing i'm leopard, IN,
i.i" oi Miss Stone a." mat. Il definite.
celebration that tho Bulgarian govern
mont would u" hold Responsible Tor IN.
"'Ath ~ Miss stone ANA ut aIi the con, "
rurnrcs uf hcr death. should il b.. proved
that the attitJd" W. tn. Iulgarilu .u,-
'rnment forced the briGards to Kin thci.
ttNtiN-%.
TN" band of hricauds called about tU.
weeks agn at thr village uf Smetrh.y..
"nd suhacqIf utly proceeded IT, th- mon
"st'fN "t Itilu. hit tn" movements VI ti..
Troops compelled the hfisau,iS to ilr,. to-
ward me frontier. Whtr, th. lr,. r,p
ii hiding