A RESPECTABLE OLD BRIGAND CAUGHT AT LAST.

South Canterbury Times, Volume XV, Issue 2061, 1 November 1879, Page 3

A RESPECTABLE OLD BRIGAND CAUGHT AT LAST.

A celebrated old brigand, Spanos Evnngelia, was imprudent enough the other day to cross from Turkish to Greek soil, and was arrested by a corporal of the Greek frontier guards, Tvhose latJior and brother had been murdered many years ago by his band, and who recognised the superannuated robber. Spanos yras no ordinary brigand, and, although. pot pqsUcplw vouiigitting a mur-

1 der when occasion required it, he was I remarkable for the kindness of his disposition. He would often forego his share of a ranson, and even save a hostage taken by another band —paying the deficiency demanded out of his own capacious pocket. When Mehemet Ali Pasha was engaged in the suppression of brigandage in Thessaly, Spanos baffled all the endeavours made to catch him; but after eluding arrest for two years he voluntarily surrendered, merely stipulating that Mehemet Ali should receive his submission in person. He was imprisoned for a twelvemonth and then pardoned by the Turkish authorities, whe had no cause to regret their leniency, for Spanos married and settled in Armirq, where he led a quiet, irreproachable life, and was “highly respected ” by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. Unfortunately, he had received no pardon in Greece, where a sum of 20,000 drachmas was placed on his head.