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Show t PniOANDAOB IN TUflKE t. a Darlajr I'M l nyrn and Anothar Haar Coaalanlloopla. A daring oaao of brigandage recently recent-ly occurred nt Smyrna, In which tho victim waa the son of Mr. Whlltall, on of the rlcheet and leading Urltlsh merchants mer-chants of that town, says the London tltnndard Young Mr Whlltall was driving with three ladle from Smyrna to Hurnabnt, one of lha suburb", when tho carriage was stopped by six men, four of whom teemed to be llulgnrlnna or Orcekt from llulgarla, nnd two na-tlvo na-tlvo Arnoouts Ix-avlng the ladles to report the occurrence, tho brlganda carried oft their victim In evening dress, sending word by hit compan- I Ions that they demanded 1.600. Mr. Whlttall, Immediately on receiving tho 1 news, started In pursuit, taking A-lth him tho turn required In gold, belnc In 3 great anxiety on account ot tho In 3 clemency of the weather nnd tho scanty clothing In which hit ton wna g clad. Ills fears wero tho moro jutll- I fled, as It Is not very long tlnco an- other ot hit sons was similarly nbduct- ed, and, I believe, ultimately died from g tho effects of tho exposure. After I three days' hnrd traveling the brigands wero found and tho rantomc paid, the men escorting the two Whlttall on part ot their homeward Journey, and finally parting with them with many klates nnd protestations ot gratitude. Mr. Whlltall Is now applying to tho Urltlsh embassy to know It tho Urltlsh or Turkish government will refund him tho money paid It It not lonr slnco another cato occurred close to Constantinople, ntn small town nnmtd Kourl Ynlovn, whero thero Is a military mili-tary establishment kept by a Mine. Ilromo, mldwlfo to tho palace. Ono afternoon tho was out driving with two ot her guests, an old lady and her young daughter, when they wero I sclxed. Tho coachman foolishly remarked: re-marked: "Ho careful, sho It the mid- ; wife for tho sultan's harem." Seeing at onco that they had a rich prl 'he bind, numbering twclvo or li jn, took Mme. Ilromo nnd tho you i ly, nnd told her mother that they wanted j 10,000. They nlto reassured tho old lady, Baying that sho need havo no fears for her daughter, nn exceedingly pretty girl, who should bo returned safo and well Tho money wat quickly quick-ly paid, nnd tho ladles, who had really been very well treated, wero rclcated, tho captain of tho band making each of them a present ot 100 on parting. Tho government then commenced a ruthless ernrch after the men, icour-Ing icour-Ing tbo wholo countrjtlde with xap-tlchs, xap-tlchs, who wero quartered on all tho villages, so that tho villagers themselves them-selves Joined heartily In tho chato In order to get rid ot theso unwelcome, guests. Finally nine, ot tho band wcro caught and cither killed or put away, Helng mostly Orcolte, they hid principally princi-pally with Oreek shepherds far and high up In the mountains near Ismldt, and scarcely a tlngto shepherd escaped being put to tho question I recently had occnilon to meet ono of tbo principal prin-cipal witnesses, who had been tho leader In tho hunt, nnd who had been pretent at MI the "examination!" ot tho prisoners. Six thousand pounds was found burled near tho vllago of Tlcnltly, tho placo being ravealcd under un-der torture. Tho last two men wero caught at OvadJIk, a neighboring village, vil-lage, whero I heard tho story told. j Tho captain nnd two ot his companions aro still at largo nnd bao probably i left tho country. |