Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-11

Horrible Tragedy I'm Turkey-A Young wo.
man StrangIes her Mother from Ayarice.
and is Betrayed to Death by her Husband.
A letter from Constantinople, dated the 14th,
says = t3&a% ~
The trial of young woman for the murder
OF ner mother has caused q profound sensation
In this city. Near the Arsenal resided yous-
bachi (captain) and his wife, Fatma Hanoun.
AS the couple had no other resources than the
pay and rations of the husband, they lived in
very modest manner in a small house; and
not long since, were even obliged to sell
black slave, the sole servant they possessed.
The wife, who was only seventeen years of age,
and very pretty, had all the passion for ieweIry
and splendid dresses which distinguishes Turk
ish women; and the dream of her life was to
obtain such things She had an aged mother,
who had been obliged to accept the place of
housekeeper in the family Of a rich paoha; and
the old woman, whenever an opportunity
offered, visited her daughter, and carried her
small presents of sweetmeats One day the
pacha resolved on giving grand banquet and |,
In order to enhance the splendOr of it, asked
his friends, as is usual in Turkey, to lend him
portions OF their plate, and even articles of
jewelry.
When the feast was over, all things borrowed
were given to the old housekeeper. named
Aiche, to restore to the owners, and she set out
with them, but being rather fatiCued, she
called on her daughter. Fatma, with eager
curiosity, questioned her about the banquet,
and the old woman, to please her, spread out
the tninSs she was carrying-broOches rings
golden RATS ian article in the form of an egg
cup, destined to support coffee-cups and other
valuaoles When the young woman had ad-
mlred these objects sufficiently, the mother
packed them up, and asked where she could
deposit them for safety until the next day, and
fatna locked them up in box The mother
then produced quantity of sweetmeats and
fragments OF the feast, and proceeded to assist
ner daughter In spreading them out for her
husband's supper.
While they were so engaged the cry of the
puazLin pa ior evening prayer was heard, and
Fatma said to her mother, ssOffer up your
prayer, while continue my task" The old
woman knelt down and prayed When she had
done, Fatma exclaimed II want some char
coal, but the wind is 50 high in the place where
1t IS kept that it will blow out my lamp +"
tive me the lamp" said the mother, land
VIII hight you. The two women went to the
Gnarcoai shed, the old woman carrying the
lamp; but on arriving there, Fatma blew out
the light, and passing round her mothers neck
a rope with moose, which she had prepared
pulled 1t tight. The old woman resisted a good
deal, but was at length strangled. The usband
shortly after returned home and Fatma mad q
him feast on the things which her mother had
brought. linen she produced the box in which
"i' NhO "A elOioS VI Fdlue uepOS1Je1 Dy the
old woman, and said Thank Allah, we were
poor, but now We are rich,''
The man, astonished, asked where so great
a treasure came from; and Fatma, with ex.
traordinary calm, stated that she had obtained
1t by numbering her mother, and she related
all the circumstances of the crime "We must
sell the things at once, said the woman. sin
order to have money" 'sNo" said the bus.
band, ''n offer them for sale, / shall be ar.
rested We had better wait until to-morrow
when we will embark for a foreign country. y
The woman had no objection; and shortly
after the man went out on pretense of buying
tloacco; but he proceeded to the Mouk ar
(Mayor) and the Imam (Priest) of his district,
and related what had occurred Both these
persons declared that they could not believe
him, and expressed the opinion that he only
made this extraordinary statement to iniure
his wife But" answered he scome with
me, and you will see' The man then took
them to his house, but did not let his wife see
them. He then placed them in a position in
which they could hear, and said TO his wife :
Nv hat you told me just now is so extraordi-
nary that II seems to me dream Repeatit. -
The woman detailed once again the circum-
stances of the murder, "Are you convinced
now - cried the man to the Priest and Mayor
when she had done. "Did tell you what was
untrue You hear that she was guilty, ar
iSt her! The woman was then taken into
IstOdy- She has just been brought to trial.
for the crime, and being unable to DENY her
guilt has been sentenced to death. But as she
is enetsHte, her execution has been postponed
for the present