Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1876-07-15 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

TIJE LENNIE :MUTINEERS. AN ASSASSIN'S LETTER. A correspondent at Athens, writing under date June 24, sends the following translation of a letter written by the Greek Jounce Kakaris to his mother in Chios, shortly before he was hanged for murder, committed on board the Lennie: "May 11, 1876.-1 embrace my mother and my brother and sister. First, I inquire as to your health, and then I tell you about myself that to-day I shall leave this world unjustly and without reason. God forgive those who send me. Now, my mother, to let you know what has happened. October 21, 1876 (sic), I was in London, and eight Greeks, I being among them, joined an English ship. My mother, I did not know these men—whether they were bad or whether they were good. The ship was at Averse, and we wont there by steamer. In an evil hour we sailed. When we had been at sea two or three days, they I began to swear at us, and the captain struck us. We started from Arena on Sunday. On Monday, at four o'clock in the morning, they called to us to put the ship about—oh ! cursed hour, to put the ship about. Just as we were hauling in the sails some one drew his knife and etabbed the captain. After that another Greek went there. When they had killed the captain they killed also the officers. Afterwards they took us to France, and we were thrown into prison, where we remained for three months. They then took an to England, to London, and put us into prison again ; and, April 1, the court was opened, and they took us to the court and examined the English. An Austrian said that I took part in the murders. I had done nothing ; only I had a pistol in my chest, and a man from the Dardanelles took it at night (Saturday night), and I did not know it. Then, when the evil deed was done, I *as standing at the kitchen door, and he took the pistol from hie pocket, and told me to look out, for the purser was going to strike me. The first purser was stdl alive in the rigging, and at that moment was coming down the ladder on the port side. The man from the Dar danellee called to me to fire at him, or he would strike me with his knife. So, in my fear, I fired in the air. The purser ran up again to the yards, and the man front the Dardanelles, taking the piste from my hand, gave it to a Samian, who went up and fired and hit him, and the man from the Pierdandles went and killed him with a knife. Well, they took us to the court every day, and the day I before St. George's they condemned us to death—four I of us. The other four were acquitted, they who were guilty were acquitted, and I, who have done nothing —God's will be done—me they handed over to death. I So, mother, on the 11th of May, they will hang ine with three others—me, the poor wretch, my mother. So, dearest mother, forget that you had two eons; believe that you had one only. Do not grieve, my mother, we all must go. I embrace my brother Michael. Pardon me, my brother, if ever I did you wrong, and God pardon you. Do not grieve for me, my brother; but I beseech you to take care not to go to foreign parts. Why did I ever go abroad? I embraoe our Athipn. lify sister, forgive sue; so God forgive you. God does not let me come and see you. This very voyage I meant to see you. a meant to come home; but it was not to be. Three and a half years in foreign parts. Ah ! Providence was against me, and I sought to come home, but my destiny did net allow it. God's will be done. I embrace all my relations; God pardon them, and let them pardon me. Devotedly I regard Esmeralda. I embrace George; he was my bosom friend. Again, I embrace my loving mother and my brother and ' sister. Ah ! my dear mother, my dear sister, my dear brother, I did not see you at my last hour. Oh; • mother, what a dreadful thing has come upon me; they are going to hang me! This letter I have written, with my own hand, in the prison. So. mother, I shall leave this world 11th May, 1876. I • shall go to find the black cave—linden so dark. I have nothing else to write; and I remain, Joanna 0.