New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-23
STONED TURKISH SENTINEIS WHEN A BOY.
BORIS S4R4FOFF, MACEDONTAN REVOLUTTONARY
LEADER, SAW FATHER DRAGGED IN CHAINS.

pelted the sentry from short distance. This
had the effect Of bringing out a number of other
sentries and he was pursued and captured
To the officer of the watch before whom he
taken he is said to have exclaimed In his
wrath May God Ordain that you yourself
will be one day thrown into prison and that
your children will be driven away from the
prison gates without being permitted to see you
and relieve the sufferings of your captivity
Rather amused at the fiery utterance of the
boy, and possibly somewhat impressed with the
display of discrimination the officer ordered that
the boy be permitted to visit his father freely
For a year Sarafoff's father and GRANDPA Their re-
manned in the prison. This year was one in
which Sarafof received many Impressions. In
1t he had many opportunities to observe the
methods OF cruelty practised by the Turks and
to learn the political creed Of the Macedonian
Bulgarians.
At the end of the year his father and grand
father, without the semblance of a trial were
banshed to Asia Minor for fifteen years When
they sailed away the Bulgarian colony af Sa-
lonica stood on the quay and watched the vessel
pass down into the Gulf OF SaIonica. Sarafoff
resolved to have revenge. and from that time
bent all of his energies to preparing himself for
the task. He studied hard During his holt
days he made long walking tours through the
country about Uskub Salonca, Monastir and
Adrianople. In this way he is said to have be-
come acquainted with hidden paths and re-
mote byways hundreds of miles in extent which
he afterward used in his raids.
He succeeded in entering the military academy
at Sofia at the age of eighteen, and, passing his
examinations winth honor, he received a com
mission as lieutenant of the LIST Bulgarian In
fantry Regiment, at the age of twenty. For
three years. until 1895, when the Macedonian
question began to attract the attention of the
world. he retained his commission. Then he be-
came restless and resigned. to take part in the
Macedonian movement. Gathering about him
hundred men of his own age he began to drill
them. On July he crossed the frontier with
eighty men on his way to Melnik. He and his
followers slaughtered half of the garrison of one
hundred men. Making fiery speech to the in
habitants assembled in the market place, he an
nounced a new movement against Turkey. The
entire Christian population accompanied him to
the local Greek church to give thanks for his
success
Sarafon and his following were obliged to
retreat soon from MeInik. for large body Of
Turkish troops was on it's way toward the
place. His knowledge of the country enabled
him to escape Sarafoff continued his raids over
the frontier capturing garrisons. stirring up the
people, and escaping before an effective pursuit
could be organized The Turkish Government
set price of 100000 francs his head He
organized the Macedonian Committee, which is
so well known with many local committees and
| an executive headquarters at Sofia. AT the age
of thirty, Sarafoff's ambition is 10 organize "a
great rebellion seize COnstantinOple, and. after
dethroning the Sultan, establish a new Mace
[ senisF State, with himself at Its head