The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-03-21
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ly true, reads like leaf taken from the
g Arabian Nights"
CoNsrANTINoPE, Jan. 20.-Many of
our readers will doubtless remember that
this capitol has for some length of time
petrated robbers of houses, and the
equally mysterious and sudden disap-
pearance of many an English private of
A. B. This killing" work reached
its climax about May or June last, at
the time when so m any troops were quar-
! tered in aud about this city. Some
people regarded these acts of bloodshed
as nothing more than the result of some
| midnight brawl, others considered them
the works of Moslem fanatioism But
the fact was never satisfactorily aocouA-
ted for, nor did the many Investigations
of the police ever succeed in obtaining
any clue as to the perpetrators until very
lately, when the mystery of these deeds
was cleared up. And it is great bless
ing that the Williams have been at last
secured, as the cases of murders were
again becoming very frequent. On the
I'd of January a gypsy came to the chief
canvass, or superintendent of police, and
offered to disclose the haunt of gang
of murderers, on payment Of reward
of 200 picstres- Though Immediate
ly secured, he refused to divulge single
fact without the promise Of the above
sum. The threat of immediate execu-
tion was next tried on him, when the
gipsy, in order to save himself, declar-
ed the whole as a got up story. Here
upon he was sent in charge of canvass
to the prison, bu. neither vans nor hand
cuffs are in fashion here, and the gipsy
managed to make his escape again.
Next morning he was found dead in the
open street, with four deep gashesin his
breast. 1t is supposed that the gang
got wind of the gipsy's intention to be-
tray them, and, accordingly, quietly dis
patched him, to render him harmless for
the future.
In the evening of the Sd, as some
cavasses were making their rounds in
one of the streets of Galata, they observ-
ed two men carrying large bag between
them, apparently with much difficulty.
The policeman suspected them by their
manner to have committed some theft,
and accordingly, to escape observation,
got into the shade of dead wall to allow
tho Othcrs to approach. But this plan
failed, for the moon that moment reap
pearing from behind cloud, threw her
light full on the dead wall, whereupon
the two men let fall their bag, and took
to their heels. The bag was found to
contain the body of an English soldier,
with bullet through his head
Ga the night of the 9th three French
soldiers, walking through one of the
streets at Pera, suddenly came upon two
Greeks carrying the body of an English
sailor. Suspecting the commission of
a foul deed, the Frenchmen unslung
their rifles which hung at their sides,
and gave chase to the Greeks, who in
stantly dropped their burden and ran Off
The chase continued, up one lane and
down the other, for some time, when the
pursued suddenly halted, and gave a
loud shrill whistle. Suddenly the pre-
viously empty lane was crowded with
dark figures, who rushed on the unfor-
tunate Frenchmen who had thus nobly
endeavered to avenge the death of the
English sailor. They fred, aud made
gallant stand for some time, until the
overwhelming numbers bore them down,
stabbing and clubbing them without
mercy. Soon after, some cavasses pass
ing by, the ruffians disappeared again as
quickly as they had come to the rescue
of their fellow murderer, but MT with
out leaving two of the Frenchmen dead.
The third lived just long enough to make
his statement to the police, who instant-
ly searched al the neighboring houses,
courts and valleys, but without finding
anything suspicious whatever.
A former member of the Baden vol
unteer corps, who has been obtaining
a scanty livelihood here by executing all
sorts of commissions, whereby he not
unfrequently came in contact with some
of the scum of all nations volunteered
to find the haunt of this mysterious
gang; and as he could be generally de-
pended on, his tender was accepted, and
dagger and revolver given him for
protection. On the morning of the 9th
he was found dead outside of Pera. A
CANVASS, who had also volunteered to
solve the mystery, likewise fell victim,
and was picked up one morning covered
with dagger wounds, and perfectly dead. |
On the llth, however. the mystery
was solved. 1t happened as follows A
Pole of the name of Glabacz, and an
italian, Pisani by name, happened to oc-
cupy the same room. The italian led
very free and easy life, was seldom at
home, and does not appear to have been
a novice in gambling either. After
having been out all night, Pisahi enter
ed their common dwelling on the morn
ing of the 10th, with detected look,
which caused his friend, the Pole to de-
maud of him what i'll luck he had had. /
Pisani answered, that he had lost all
his cash that night at play, and had
rity for a borrowed sum, adding 81 shall
go and redeem my watch directly or the
rascaily host viii change it--and would
not loose that watch for the World
Hang these nameless streets and num-
berless houses I should despair of
finding the cabaret again but for olev-
er trick of mine; as I left the house I
cut a 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 efface." He took all his money
and every valuable trinket he possessed,
and departed determined to lose all or
win his money back.
Glabacz had prcsentiment that some.
thing would go wrong, and determined
to 90 in search of his friend if he did
not mako his appearance by next morn
ing. Morning caame, but no Pisani;
AL Clabacz therefore set out to Garry