Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1901 — IN HANDS OF 20 BRIGANDS [ARTICLE]

IN HANDS OF 20 BRIGANDS

Missionary, Miss Stone, Now in Turkish Territory. HER LIFE IN NO DANGER. Bha la Reported to Be | n the Honda of Her Captora Close to the Village of lake rota —Communication with Dee* peradoee. London cablegram: The special" correspopdent of the Chicago Inter Ocean at Sophia telegraphed at 4:30 o’clock P. m.: “The Bu’garian police are assured that Miss Stone has been conducted by twenty brigands close to the village of lakaruta, in Turkish territory, and that effective measures have been ta-

ken to prevent their return to Bulgaria. No apprehension is felt that Miss Stone’s life is endangered, or that she is undergoing more hardships than she was accustomed to. Consul General Dickinson is in communication with the brigands* but owing to the precautions they take to avoid being located considerable delay is inevitable before Miss Stone’s release can be effected.”