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Show tacked him in a restaurant, and Con-tantine Con-tantine Yaraolis identified him as the brigand chief, saying that he had admitted ad-mitted his identity and boasted of hfs deeds at home. There is no extradition treaty between Greece and the United States. Ferrando was held in $1,000 bail for the grand jury and was sentenced sen-tenced later to thirty days' imprisonment imprison-ment for the assault on the sailor. Antonio Castrls, a native of Smyrna, knew Ferrandos, having been captured by the brigand in July, 1SP4, and held for ransom sixteen days. He says he was traveling with a friend about an hour's ride from Smyrna, near Bouja, at sundown, when they were captured and hurried to the mountains. The ransom demanded was $3,500, which friends sent. Castris said: "I saw him In the Cafe Petras, on Roosevelt street, once or twice In company com-pany with Spartans who frequent the place. He was called Christefero here, but he fools nobody. He knew who I was and I knew him, but we never clashed, for I knew it was death to cross that brigand chief." Ferrandos and his brother Demetrius' KILLED A BANDIT? HEAVY PRICE WAS ON THE VICTIM'S HEAD. Soteros Ferrantos Lured to Death by One of the Men Upon Whom He Had Levied Tribute A Plot That Began Be-gan In the Old Country. Michael Falino Ferrando, said by the Greeks of New York city to be the notorious Greek brigand, Soteros D. Farrantos, on whose head the Greek government had placed a reward of 5,000 francs, was murdered in the rear tenement-house at 113 West Fifteenth street the other day. According to the stories told the police, the murder was the result of a conspiracy which had long been planned to take his life. Ferrando fled to this country a year ago, after a career in Greece in which he killed several men, and, it is said, with his brother, Demetri, attempted to assassinate King George by shooting shoot-ing at him while he was riding in a carriage. The news of his crimes had preceded him, and the Greek colony here knew of the price that the government gov-ernment had placed on his head. Ferrando Fer-rando exercised the same terror over his countrymen in New York that he had over their brothers at home. By threats he made them keep silent as to his whereabouts, and before long he had several of the Greek flower peddlers ped-dlers contributing to his support His demands finally became so frequent and exorbitant that the peddlers decided de-cided to stop them. They had him arrested ar-rested last December. Their evidence was not considered sufficient by the magistrate, however, and Ferrando was discharged. John Zeguara, a flower peddler living in the tenement house, volunteered to do the work of assassination. assas-sination. He had contributed heavily to Ferrando's support, and was only too glad of an opportunity to get even. He sent Ferrando a letter telling him that he had been selected as a mediator media-tor to smooth matters out between him and the Greeks. If Ferrando would call on him Saturday, he said, all would be well in the future. Suspecting nothing, Ferrando and a friend went to the tenement-house at 12 o'clock Saturday. They went into Zeguara's rooms on the ground floor. As they entered and were met by Zeguara, a stranger to both, who invited them in, seated them at a dirty table and brought out plates of broth. Sitting on a bench, the two men were left alone and began to eat. "We are now in a nest of counterfeiters," counter-feiters," so Varney declares Ferrando said. "I am going to Philadelphia tonight to-night to find the house where the money is made, and there will be $1,500 In it for me." At that moment Zeguara re-entered, passed Ferrando, turned and fired a big revolver, holding it close to his head. Ferrando fell over without a word, whereupon Zeguara Btopped above him, fired the remaining remain-ing five shots into his head and body and fled. Zeguara and two other Greeks were arrested. Zeguara admitted admit-ted the killing and pleaded self-defense. Emll Devant, a young Frenchman, French-man, who was with Ferrando when he was shot, declares that the act waa deliberate. Coroner Hart said that from the Greeks he had learned that Ferrando was a Greek bandit, and had been holding Zeguara.whom he accused of being a counterfeiter. Capt. Price and the detectives, learning of the counterfeiting part of the tragedy, ' Went to the spot where the man was murdered and searched the house. They found an old trunk in the dark room. They broke it open and discovered discov-ered two copper pots and an instrument gueerly shaped that looks like a contrivance con-trivance for lifting coin from diea. These were taken to the station-house. Under the name of Micaelo Chrisofere, Ferrando was arraigned in the York-vllle York-vllle police court Dec. 27, 1S98, on complaint com-plaint of Nicholas Soutzoblo, a Greek sailor, who said that Ferrando had come to his room and demanded money at the point of a revolver. When he refused to give the money, Ferrando, he said, beat him over the head with the revolver. Zeguara In eourt identified the prisoner as Fer- JOHN ZEGUARA'. were accused of murdering men and women during their career as brigands, They tried to "hold up" the king ol Greece and his daughter soon after the war between Greece and Turkey. The king struck the horses with his cane, and the royal party escaped. A reward of $1,000 was offered for the capture of the robbers. Ferrandos was a man of fine physique phy-sique and great strength. He had a handsome face, with black mustache and long black hair, which gave him a poetic appearance. Zeguara is a smaU man. M. F. FERRANDO. rantos, the brigand. He gave his awn I christian name as George in court at that time, and his address at 11 West One Hundred and Sixteenth street, where he took refuge. By occupation he said he was a gatherer of ferns for the flower peddlers. He said that Ferrando had been with him collecting ferns, and that a year ago he came to his room and threatened to shoot him. Later, when he was in New Canaan, Conn., looking for ferns, he heard a bullet whistle past his head and saw Ferrando with a revolver behind a tree. Demosthenes Canellas. another Greek, testified that Ferrando had at- |