Tsilka died while giving birth
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister, Stoyan Danev, refuted the criticism saying there was no proof the Sandanski band was on Bulgarian territory, and that the entire kidnapping tea length bridesmaid dresswas the initiative of VMORO, a sort of an early 20th-century “NGO,” to put it that way.
As a result of the conflict with Dickinson, the Bulgarian government refused to grant permission for his accreditation as the American representative in Sofia. Thus, the entire episode led to a diplomatic scandal between Bulgaria and the United States, before the two countries had even established formal diplomatic relations. The case, however, did emphasize the importance of having diplomatic ties.
In December 1901, rumors that Tsilka died while giving birth and Miss Stone died of sorrow shortly after alarmed the Protestant missionaries who made the American government act more vigorously.
The negotiations were taken up by Dr. House, the person who was originally supposed to be kidnapped by Sandanski, and the treasurer of the American Council in Istanbul William Pete. The new team decided to offer to the captors all the money they had – 15 000 Turkish lira – and spread rumors this is all they could offer.
Meanwhile, the fate of the hostages kept making headlines on both sides of the Atlantic. The elderly Miss Stone and the young Tsilka already in her 7th-8th month of pregnancy kept moving with the revolutionaries from village to village evading the Ottoman troops, the Bulgarian police and the bands of the rival revolutionary organization.
Yet, in addition to escaping being caught, the other major concern of the Sandanski group was the due date of Tsilka.
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