The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-25

Another Eastern Hoax-Roported Murder Of a
Princs-The Objects Of Some Money specu-
lators-Tifty Thousand Pounds Sterling
Lost in Two Hours-It Was
Gained" of Course by Some
body-Eogus Telegraphs.

From the Levant Herald tConstantinople) June 20
On saturday Galata was made the victim OF u
hoaA, the excitement occasloned by which has not
YET subsidized shortly after the opening of the
BOurse the Greek paper Neoiogos published spe
cial supplement- containing what purported to be a
telegram from Bucharest reporting tnat while the
Prince and Princess were on the previous evening
returning from drive three persons OF unknown
several shots at their highpesses, killing the Prince
on the spot ana wounding the Princess In the
arm The news OF course spread Immediately
through Galata; cOnsolides went down win run
and spectators for the rise Were In CONSERVATION
Reuters agency having communicated no confr-
Office, the Romaniau agency and to the police for m
formation on the subject, but In van-none OF all
three knew anything about 10. At length Fikr Bey,
the Governor OF Pera, telegraphed TO Varna for In
telligence and prompt reply that the ruInor was
wholly false was received. An hour or two later the
Neo'ogos published second supplement- contradict.
Ing the news but not before a loss OF
some 100000 had been occas.oned TO various
SPECTATORS. SO great, in fact, was the
panic that the Khan was closed at noon to prevent
further mischief. Police agents were set to work TO
discover the authors OF the report, but up I'LL yes
tne incupated newspaper was at once closed and
sealed, aud its editors 'nviledn to for exa-
mlnation before the Munster OF Police.
Yesterday they issued circular In Greek ana
French, giving IN subs ance the following ex-
PLANTATION OF their share In the 1ncident:-Eary in
the morning IN question stranger handed 10
the hdntat attached to the oifce sealed telegram
addressed to the paper. This the hd,,sal placed on
latter some time after he seeing that the message
bore the signature Of his Bucharest correspondent
and was otherwise apparently in order, hastened
to print ana publish IL In an "extra." While 1t
was yet In the conposit0rs hands, however, he
admits that he carried the news to q friendly
broker close by, and that the latter lost no time
In specializing Tor the lall Which at once ensled.
Later, when tho fasity OF The despatch was
ascertalned inquiry OF the hdntot-who Is In Gus
tody-elcited the Information that the stranger
VINO mad brought 1t was not In the uniform OF the
telegraph messengers, and further scrutiny of the
message itself showed that what should have been
the Impressed stamp of the telegraph oIlce on the
envelope was merely an old impression cut OF an.
the fabricated news 1t Is urged, however. that zeal
to be first with the news led To oversight Of these de-
as before the message was printed, ana the fullest
investigation Is invited
In the interest or the public morality we trust the
very strctest inquiry viii be instituted, and that II
tile guilty parties can be traced, Husni Pacha viii
make sch an example a. Will not soon be forgotten.
In the meantime, though the affair Is sub j,tiice 1t
can prejudice no one II we make one or two obvi-
GUS remarks Plainly, then the hasty publication
Of the forgery was TO say the least, grave inds-
erection. The certainty that 1t would affect the
ket should Of itself have excited suspicion which
careful examination OF the message and still mOre
inquiry at the telegraph olilce, wOuld have at
confirmed We do not for moment nsinuate that
in this case any thing worS. Than an lndiscreton has
been committed; but low us Is the status OF hume
ricaly large section OF the local press, for thC
honor of tne whole earnestly hope that the most
searching inquiry may result III absolutely acquit
ting the paper concerned OF any graver blame. The
| NeOOg0S has hitherto ranked among the most re-
spectacle and ably conducted OF our local Greek
journals, and Is entitled therefore, TO every pre-
sumption OF innocence I'LL the reverse has been
proved To those, however who made 10 the instru-
ment OF the fraud neither present charity nor future
mercy should be extended, aud as the names oil more
than one gambler who benefited by the forgery are
known to the police there should be no real difficulty
IN tracing IL 10 It's source. II this be done public
opinion Will approve the very severest punishment
that can be afflicted on all VINO have been III any
way guilty. concerned.