Dilessi murders

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The brigands responsible for the murders are brought to Athens for trial, from The Illustrated London News

The Dilessi murders were committed between 4 and 7 April 1870, when one

brigands while touring the area near Marathon. The events triggered a crisis between Greece and the United Kingdom.[1]

See Also

Josslyn Pennington, 5th Baron Muncaster

Further reading

  • Notes on the recent murders by brigands in Greece. Cartwright. 1870. Contemporary report on the incident by Ioannes Gennadius, founder of the Gennadius Library.
  • The Dilessi murders. Prion. 1998-08-01.
    Romilly James Heald Jenkins
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  • Stevens, Crosby (1989). Ransom and Murder in Greece: Lord Muncaster's Journal, 1870. Lutterworth Press. .

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