Show RANSOM 1 IS REDUCED Brigands Who Kidnaped Miss Stono Willing to Tote 75OOO Soflaf Nov 161ho brigands who captured Miss Ellen M Stone and Mine Tsllku have reduced the amount of ransom they demanded to 20000 Turkish Coincident with this intelligence intel-ligence Is the Information that the leaders of the band I if convinced that this Is more than Mr Dickinson will give would accept 15000 sterling Even this sum is greatly beyond the cash at Mr Dickinsons disposal Therefore unless the captors of the missionary further abate their demands there Is no hope of an Immediate settlement I An agent who is In touch with the brigands reports that they recognize they made a mistake in kidnaping Miss Stone They Would however consider it worse than a blunder to release re-lease her without an adequate ransom There is no longer any fear regardIng regard-Ing the brigands Intentions toward the captives They declare themselves to be not robbers but patriots performing an obnoxious task In the interests of a holy cause The majority of the kidnapers I kid-napers are peasants and farmers directed I di-rected by a secret committee to execute i exe-cute its decisions I |