A RENOWNED BANDIT.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 117, 15 October 1874, Page 3

A RENOWNED BANDIT.

An unpleasant sensation has been created at Enos, in Roumolia, by the reappearance in the neighborhood of the renowned Thracian bandit, Petko, who, having retired from business as a brigand and entered into a partnership with a baker in Athens, has now relinquished baking and resumed brigandage as a profession. Petko is one of the most eminent ruffians in existence. He has not only committed innumerable crimes, but has a special partiality for murder. He takes quite a childish delight in killing a fellow creature. He has been thrice captured, and thrice he has escaped. His partnership with the baker at Athens was, it is stated, dissolved owing to the baker, who is a steady, sober man, being annoyed at Petko’s habits; for Petko (although he would not like it to be mentioned) has another weakness besides his love of murder —he “drinks.” Brandy and bloodshed are his darling vices, and this makes him rather difficult to get on with in matters of business. The baker therefore gave a little hint to the police as to his partner’s antecedents, and poor Petko had to make a hurried retreat from Athens. Enos, having been the scene of his early exploits, had a peculiar charm for him, and he therefore revisited it with six companions after traversing unharmed Albania, ’Thessaly, and part of Thrace. Since his return he has as yet only robbed three men and murdered another, but it is expected that lie will before long display all his former activity, unless compelled again to retire into private life. He has, however, many friends and admirers at Enos who feel for him in his misfortune, and are quite ready to lend him a helping hand.