Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-03-08
DAILY \IRGINIAN.
ASSASSINATION IN CoNsTANTINoPLE.

to believe its details to be perfectly true, reads
like leaf taken fro the "Arabian Nights:
CoNsrANr1NorIE, Jan. 20.-Many Of your
readers will doubtless remember that this capital
has for some length of time been the scene OF
many mysteriousy perpetrated robberies OF
houses, and the equally mysterious and sudden
Disappearance of many an English private or A.
h. This "kiing" work reached its climax about
May or June last, at tho time when many
troops were quartered in and about this city.
Some people regarded these acts OF boodshed as
nothing more than the result of some midnight
hrawl. others considered them the works of
Moslem fnnatcisin But the fact was never sat.
isfactory accounted for, nor did the many in-
vostigntions of the police ever succeed in obtain
ing any clue us to the perpetrators until very
latoly, WHEN the mystery of these deeds was
cleared up. And it is great blessing that the
yillians have been Mt last secured, the cases of
murders again becoming very frequent. On
tho I'd of january girsy came to the chief ca
vass. superintendent of police, aud offered to
disclose the haunt of gang ol murderers, on
payment of reward of 200 piastres. Though
immediately secured, he refused to diyuge II
single faet without the promise OF tho above sum.
Tho threat OF Immediate execution was next tried
hun, when the gypsy, IN order to save himself.
! declared the whole as g"t-up story. Hereupon
! he was sent in charge of IA cayass to the prison,
but neither handouts are in fashion here,
! and the gpsy managed to make his escape again
|
street, with four deep gashes in his breast lts
| supposed that the gang got wind OF the glpsy's
! intention to hetrny them, and, accordingly, qui-
| city dispatched him, TO render him harmless for
! tho future.
| In the evening of the 3D. some cavasses
! wore making their rounds in one OF the streets OF
| Gnlnln. they observed two men carrying large
bag between them. apparently with much diff
Guilty. The policemen suspected them 10y their
| manner to have committed some theft aud ac-
oordngy 10 escape observation, got into the
shade of u dead wall to allow the others to ap-
| proach But this plan tailed, for the moon that
moment II. appearing from behind n cloud, threw
her light full on the dead wall, whereupon the
two mon let fall their bag, and took to their heels.
| The bag was found to contain tho body ot an
English soldier, with IA bullet through his head.
On the nght of the 9th three French soldiers,
walking through one of the streets at Pera sud
denly came upon two Greeks carrying the body
of nn English sailor. Suspecting the CO nns
sion of II foul deed, the Fronchmen unslung their
rifles, which hung Mt their sides, and gave chase
To the Greeks, who instantly dropped thoir bur
den aud ran oil. The chase continued. up one
lane and down another, for some time, when the
pursued suddenly hal u, and gave loud shlIl
| whistle. suddenly the previous empty o
wa, crowded with dark figures, who rushed on
the unfortunate Fronchmou who had thus noov
ondeuYored To ayenge the death oi the Englsh
sailor. They fired, and madea gallant stand tor
some time, until the overwhelming number bore
them down, slabbmg and clubbing them without
mercy. soon after, some oavasses passing by
the rullians disappeared again as quickly as they
had come to the rescue Of their fellow murderers,
but not without leaving two of the frenchmen
dead. hethrd lived just long enough to make
his statement 10 the police who instantly search
ed all the neghbering houses, courts aud alloys,
but without finding anything sasPleous what
ever.
former member of the Baden Volunteer
Corps, who hnd been obtaining scanty hveh-
hood hero by executing all sorts of commissions
| whereby he had not untrequently come in con-
tact with some of the scum OF all nations, volun-
tccrcd to find the haunt of this my sterlous gang,
and as he could be generally depended upon. his
tender accepted, and dagger and revol-
yer given him for protection. On the morning
of the 9th he was found dead outside the Pera
A c1vass, who had also volunteered to solve the
mystery, likewise fell IA victim, and was picked
up one morning covered with dagger wounds and
perfectly dead.
On the Ilth however, the mystery was solved.
1t happened us foows-A Pole of the name of
| Gabncz, and an Italian, Pisani by name happen
! cd to occupy the same room. The Italian led a
! very free and easy life, seldom at home, and
does not appear To have been anoyce i'll gambling
! either. After having been out all night, Plsanl
entered their common dwelling on the morning OF
! tho 10Th, with detected look, which caused his
! friend the Pole to demand of him what i'll luck
! he had hnd pisan answered that he had lost
! all his cash that night at play and had even to
leave his gold watch security for borrowed
sum adding Il shall go and redeem my watch di-
recty or the rasoally host will change it-and
would not lose hat watch for the world. Hang
these nameess streets and numberess houses.--
| should despair of finding the cabaret again but
for n clever trick of mine as | left the house l
cut n large cross on the house door with my knife
that is my only guide but it is a mark which
the old rogue cannot easily effaee.' He took
all his money and overy valuble trinket he pos
ses sed and departed determined to lose all or
win his money back.
Glabac2 had presentiment that something
would go wrong, and determined to go in search
Of his friend if he did not make his appearance
by next morning. Morning came but no Pisani;
and Glabacz therefore set out 10 carry his resolu-
ton into effect. He had wandered about fruit
lessly for about an hour.when he entered small
cabaret to refresh himself with glass of rum
He gave the host piastre, and demanded his
change in paras In one of these paras he had
only the day before scratched his name with a
nail, and recognizedit it belonging to Plsanl,
! who must have given away that para. lie there
| fore entered into conversation with the gin shop
| keeper, asked him whether an Italian had been
! here ately,and whether he had been at his house.
! The man eyaded the question and his manner ap-
! pearcd altogether SO odd that Glabacz quietly
! took his departure in order to have look at the
! street door. Sure enough, there was the cross
| burrcdly scratched ON the outside. Turning in
to the next street, he met file OF policemen az
| tending on some arabas, which contained the
bodies of those who had fallen victims in the
past night There were IA corpses of these 2
| h 4 a HiplpSS