Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-07-27
TCHIRKEES UASSAN.

TCHIRKEES IIASSAN.
The Story Of the Man Who Murdered the
Turkish Ministers.
Correspondence OF the London Times.
Therapia, June lS.-''Tchirkees Has
SAM or Hassan the Circassian, came
out Of the military school at Constan-
tinople with the rank Of lieutenant
about three years ago. lie was implica.
ted in some disturbances which occur.
red soon afterward at Ismid, was ar.
rested, sent to Constantinople, and shut
up in military dungeon for one
month. He subsequently took an active
part in another Circassian riot ut Rodo.
sto, but escaped without punishment.
lie had powerful friends ut the palace.
being either Il brother or near relative
of the third sO.calleu wife of Abdul
AZiZ, the very woman who. from her
harem widow. saw the sultan fall eN.
hausted by loss of blood when he put
an end to- his life and VINO herself died
possibly Of grief ut her bereavement.
on Sunday last. liassan. IL young man
of %, was renowned for his proficiency
III the use Of ill weapons, dead shot.
master fence, and 50 sure q rider
that he would undertake for bet to
shoot 4 number of eggs from his saddle
as his horse ran ut full speed. lie was
Of slender but wiry frame, exceed.
ingly strong.> with (. red beard, and
had the fine, regular features peculiar
to his handsome race. His DISPOSE
tion is said to have been from early
youth exceedingly turbulent and pro.
t!iagted. Thanks to the favor OF his
kinswOman. Hassan rose to the rank
of Il captain and adjutant, and was
made aid.ue.camp to Youssooff lzzedin
Effendi, the eldest son of the late
sultan. who was in command OF the
Imperial guard. After the deposition
Of Abdul AZiZ. the war minister, Hus-
sein Avni Pasha, who wished to re.
move from the capital all persons sus-
pected of too strong an attachment to
the old court. ordered HaSsan to Join
his army corps at Bagdad. As Hassan.
notwithstanding his promotion to the
major, with which the Punishment was
accompanied, disregarded the order,
and uttered violent and seditious Ian
guage, he was arrested on Thursday,
but released in the same evening, hav-
ing pledged his word that he would
proceed to his destination on the fol-
lowing morning. Tair, Tiyal Pasha, Il
Circassian general, offered himself as
security for the fullillment Of his
young conntryman engagement. He
has since been imprisoned.
Upon obtaining his freedom, Hassan
on the same evening crossed the Bos-
phOrus and Went to llusScin Avni S res.
idence at Pasha Liman. near Scutari.
There he was told that the minister of
war was not at home, but would prob
ably he at that moment attending a
council at Nlidhat Pasha' house in the
quarter of Taouchan Tach, in STAN.
boul. Thither, therefore, Hassan re.
paired, arriving at Midhat's Conak at
about 10 a. NJ. The council was in
session, attended by the grand vizier.
the war minister, the minister of ma.
rine and High Admiral Ahmed kais.
serll. Midhat Pasha, president of the
council; Raschid Pasha, minister of
foreign affairs, and Halet Pasha, min.
lister without portfolio; according to
some other accounts three ministers
were present. Hassan wore his uni.
form and had on his military cloak,
under which he concealed two revol.
vers, six shooters,-some say four re.
volvers, yataghan and I;
kamma or Circassion knife. The min.
listers sat on the upper floor; on the
ground floor were their men in attend
ance-a numerous company. Hassan,
on being told that he could not at once
see uussein Avni, sat down with
these people, chatted with them, and
took coffee. Having thus disarmed
suspicion he, toward midnight, stole
out Of the ante.chamber, walked up
stairs to the c0uncil.rOom, and found
there, on duty at the door, Selim
Agha, the h0mme de confiance of Mid.
hat Pasha-or Of the grand whereby
whom again he was told he could not
see Hussein Avni's aide.de.camp. lie
had scarcely turned his back, when
Hassan opened the door and found
himself in the presence Of the coun.
Gil.
The council chamber, Midhats best
room on the upper floor, is large hall
with a bay window and balcony at one
end, enjoying an extensive view on
the Sea of Marmora, and at the oppo-
site end a door leading to the inner
apartments. On both sides of this
door are two divans, ON which the
ministers sat, Hussein Avni and Ras-
child Pasha on the other side facing
the lateral door leading to the stair
case, and on the other side, the grand
vizier and Halet Pasha, Said Effendi,
the musteOhr, or under secretary of
the grand vizier, and Mahmoud Rey,
grand referendaire of the council, sat
apart on another divan. Midhat Pasha
had risen and stood before them die
tating 4 telegram. Hassan, as he en-.
tered the lateral door, found himself
face to face with Hussein Avni and
Raschid Pasha, and stepping up to the
former, revolver in hand, cried out,
''Davran ma, Seraskier lido not stir,
war minister)." He fred and Hussein
fell, badly wounded. but not dead,
vainly attempting to draw a revolver
he had in his pocket.
Terror seemed to seize the other
ministers. Midhat Pasha at once made
for the bottom door, rushed through
it to the inner apartments, and was
followed by all his colleagues with the
exception of Raschid Pasha, who re-
manned as if spellbound and nailed to
his seat, while the minister of marine,
Ahmed Kaisserli, who alone showed
some presence of mind, Immediately
closed with the assassin, seized him
around the waist, and pinioned down
both his arms. Hassan, however, sue.
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