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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 253, 23 February 1917, Page 1 (Supplement)

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ENDISH DELIGHT IN TORTURE.

Reuter's Agency has received from sure source in Greece details of a istardly attack on the Mayor of Athis, M. Benachi, who is seventy-three sars of age. His house was attacked Dy rifle 'e from the residence of Prince Ypsinti, who is Master of the King's orse, and from the house of M. gzmazoglou, who was present himslf with M. Merkuris. as well as om the street. Princess Ypsilanti, ie Hungarian wife of the Master of le Horse, was seen to be personally icouraging the soldiers. Eventually the house was broken to and the aged Mayor seized and ibjected to fiendish cruelty. He as spa.t upon, wounded with bayo3ts, beaten with the butt ends of fles, and his beard partly torn out. is condition was such that an eyeitness said that it would have been itter had he had been killed. PRINCESS APPLAUDS. Covered with blood, the Mayor was len dragged into the street, while rincess Ypsilanti was seen at a win; indow clapping her hands. M. Beichi was taken off for examination, id eventually sent home, where he smained under surveillance, with is house wrecked and looted and rery window smashed. General Corakas and three other -isoners, including M. Maroudis, late lief of police, and a photographer imed Stylialdes, were removed from arliament House. The general re•mbled a corpse: blood streamed om his »iead and face on his torn othes. His eyeballs were swollen id bruised from blbws received durig his arrest and subsequent examiation by the magistrate. His three >mpanionfi were in even a worse eontion. All were photographed. While the general was being taken ist the principal restaurant in Athis a man, amid the applause of the tidiers and the crowd, threw filth in is face. This was the signal for ie mcb to break through the cordon id shower insults and blows on him. earing that he would be killed, the >ldiers took him and the other vicms back to Parliament House.