June 21, 2011

Noted Bandit Slain

Noted Bandit Slain

Macedonian who Held Miss Stone for ransom reported dead

London, April 24 - The Sofia, Bulgaria, correspondent of Reuter's Telegram Company, says that Yane Sandusky (Sandanski), the Macedonian brigand leader, who gained noteriety in 1901 through the kidnapping of Miss Ellen M. Stone an American missionary, has been slain by unknown persons. Sandusky (Sandanski) was killed in the district between the mountain of Perun and the town of Nevrokop.

The New York Times, April 25, 1915

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