New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-14

ouite rs much title To the rank of Cailph ~ 'n'
Turks Of the house of Osnan, and would lhtro""'o
an entirely new element into the poh'i's VI INV
eountry In pursuance of this plot an "I 'I'' ~
were nvitrd. soon after the accession - ''"" -,
IN dine at the palace A. tins banquet t'H "''o a.,
70 be killed by the conspira'crS All ou' ""' ~
,L nr;,,ccs accented the invitation. Abdul Hamid'
tbe present Sultan. for some re'son a's'h''" NM
,If from The feast. and in fact disappeared cn'r'y
dnr;oo several ags This di~appr arauce prevent I'll
,h pro,osed massacre since tie success OF the plol
derenAed upon the entire extinction Of the royal
fa,rilr single prince omitted IN the slaughter
might he certain 20 gain n large following ~ '"o
legitimate heir 30 the throne. in case OF an "'emp
10 proclaim the Sheriff of Mecca as sultan
HOW ABDUL Nh MET HIS FATE.
Tho di.aproint.d couspirators Determined 10
murder Abdul Aziz without waiting l"I "' "i.l''
turitv for the full execution Of Their pans im,H
laid their plans with great iorethonE"' Inv
In.,,,s Of ,Lr reopc and the queries Of the inquest
of surgeons were all Anticipated iroio'Nion"i
athletes were hired TO aid in the work ana 10 over
nowrr the ex.Sultan. Al rcaIo ns were car'lu"N
,eu,oved from tie apartments o. the victim. lhh
Itusscin Avni Pacha with two of lis aides took the
hired butchers to the palace where AhiuI am vas
confined Under prctcuce of amusing hiin VII"
hibtions Of strength the athletes drew near 10 '''
exSultan. Then they suddenly threw th'ni>'N -
uro, the Door old man. \ palace servant stopp""
tbc S,ltan's month; one powerful man srl/'n HIS
arms. another was specially detailed 'o MAKE I'M
faint with pam 10y wrcnchmg a part o'
the body where comparatively snSh' COZ"
,,ross;,, would unncr,e the strongest man.
The dcvilish ingenuity of tins device pr
vented any struggle on the part OF the VIC
ti,, A fourth man then cut open the veins oil the
arms with the little embroidery scissors borrower
from the women for the purpose. ana the Wh"Io
Marty waited with the helpless lmno OF ciay lhat
was So lately sultan until he had bled 10 dea'h III
his place on the sofa They accomplished Inc"
object without noise. without iniicilng c"h'u''""s
uuon the limbs or the body of their vc'lm' ana
w;,hout any bespattcring OF blood about The room
When Abdul Aziz was dead with great poor VI
,ood saturatng the sofa and streaming on upon INV
floor. the place was fully ready for the inquest u
declare the murder a suicide
OF course snch party could not enter the palace
without attracting attention. Some of the women
of the palace knew that Il death Of the eX-Sutah
must have been brought about 10y this visit. The
pacbas therefore proceeded closely to contine the
wives and the mother of Abdul Alz. As to the
vounrer women. they were divided out among the
conspirators and a paragraph was inserted III the
papers which praised the simple tastes OF the new
Sultan shown in this disposal of the harem oi MS
predecessor The te-tale lips were thus thought 10
he sealed; the hired murdercrs were enormously
rewarded; and the whole crime was covered up 10y
the unanimous verdict of the nineteen surgeons.
So far There seems to be little doubt that some OF
the principal Pachas of the Empire were accessories
nj least TO the extent of making objection 10 the
deed of Hussein Avni. Nouri Pacha and Mahmoud
Da,nad pacha at least received quantities of Jewels
from the Sultan's private treasury just after the
murder. Whether all the consp rators seized upon
similar riches is not certainly known An attempt
has been made To connect Mdhat Iacha and
Mchcrnet Rushdi Pacha then Grand Nizer with all
the details Of the plot. But VIII be scen there
is possibility of a doubt of this part of the story
THE AvENGER or BLOOD.
The murder was most Thoroughly covered up.
But one Of the Circa,Sian girls who had beer taken
from the palace at the time of the division OF spoiN.
had been warmly attached To The dead Sn!tan. his
girl had a brother who was an officer of the per
sonal escort of Abdul AM I'm her new home the
girl readily found means of communicating with her
brother, told him Of HuSsein Avni Pachas mystic
rious visit to the palace on the fatal night, and
urged him to take revenge upon the Pacha for the
murder of her master - il came about that inst
As the conspirators thought that they had wei co
cealed their or me il was revealed 90 an angry vic
tim of the revolution and while, AT the palace Of
Midhat Pacha they We're actually discussing with
the sheriff of Mecca the proprcty of executing the
plan for the extinction of the house Of Osman, they
were attacked by the ayeng"r The CucaSNian
major urged by his own wrongs as we'll rs 10y ms
sisters abjuratiOn burst into tn room and shot Is
has already been said Husscin Ayn Pacha aud two
other Ministers.
The ASSASSINATION Of Hu,sein Avni Pacha dis
located all plans and filed the survivors with dire
disn,av. The Crca,sian was killed Oh the spot, AID
il was only his lifc'css body which was taken out
and hung the next morning. All investigation was
carefully suppressed. and the Scrvian war was
gladly welcomed a. a means of disracting popular
attention from these tragic events. Fear of the
consequences of discovery led e. the dcthronomcnt
of Murad v; the Pachas hoping that IN placing on
the throne younger brother. who would owe his
elevation more to their favor than to right. they
would secure themselves against punishment. even
If the story should be revealed. But they did not
gain the hopcd-for asrendancy over Abdul iiamd
rs sultan. They were forced TO rejoice in the Rus
sian war and its cugroSsing care, rs a diversion Of
the mind of the Sultan. 1t is even said that they
wi!fully sacrificed the last fragments Of the Turkish
Army of the Balkans in the hope that popular in
dignation against The unlucky Sultan would give
them the protection which the Sultan himself was
not inclined to grant Bo this it may. Sucinan
Pacha the bani,hcd cX-ooinnandcr of the ruined
army made some Hint of such charge in ms de-
fence before the court martial and has been sum-
moncd from BagdaG 10 tell what he knows.
CRIMES COMING To L'liHr At IAsG
During three years sine the war the conspir2tors
have struggled with the terror of discovery. Their
clutch upon the control of Government has been
desperate. But the story il known to many, and
cannot longer Ice concealed. Five months age the
Sultan was made aware that Mdhmoud Damad
Pacha Nouri Pacha and Hus,cin Ayni Pacha had
caused tue death of Abdul Aziz. In the first wrath
of the discovery, Sultan Abdul liamid ordered the
instant execution OF the two survivors OF this trio
His advisers restrained him. however. and have