NY Times: Macedonian Chief's Death - 1903
LONDON, May 26. - Detailed reports of the death of Delcev, the famous Macedonian chief, says the Sofia correspondent of The Times, show that he accompanied a band under Vojvoda and Kirtchovsky, together with the poet Tavoroff, and entered the village of Banica, near Seres, where the presence was betrayed to the Turks by a Greek spy.
A large force surrounded the village, and all the members of the revolutionary band were killed after a long resistance. It is stated that the inhabitants of the village, to which the Turks set fire, were also killed.
Delchev was a thirty-two years old. He was a schoolmaster, and practically created the present Macedonian organization, which has ramifications in all parts of the country.
The Vienna correspondent of The Times says perquisitions and arrests continue in the vilayet of Adrianople. Numbers of priests and school teachers have been taken into custody. Arms have been found in six villages. The male population has fled, and agricultural work is at a standstill.
The New York Times
Published: May 26, 1903