The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-20

in His Pocket When He Left Home.
Monday afternoon the badly deonm-
posed body Of man was found floating
on Back Bay, near what Is called tine
second sluiceway. Last night Patrick
Connell and Matthew O'Day of Il Briggs
street, positively identified the samples of
the clothing on exhibitionyat Rich's, as
that worn by Harry Coscergo or "Harry,
the Turk" as he was better known, who
disappeared from home ON February 20.
1t will be remembered that at the time of
Harry, the Turks" disappearance con-
siderable talk was made in the news
papers about the man having had some
trouble with colony Of Armenians who
live on Wilmct street.
| The Turk was of middle ago and had
been in this country for number of
years. For some time he had been en-
ployed by d. 7. Kelley & Sons at the
stove foundry on Kennebec street, and
had boarded with Mrs. Catherine O'Day
at 10 Briggs street where Mathew
O'Day and Patrick Cornell knew him.
Harry is described by them as sober,
industrious and very popular man among
his fellows. Mr.. Kelley, his employer,
was very fond of the Turk, and has said
that he never had harder working man
In his employ. The Turk never was
known to take drop of liquor, did not
gamble, and was the most light hearted
and jolliest man in Mrs. O'Day's board
ing house, so that when he failed to re-
turn home after several days absence it
| was said that he had either boon killed,
driven away by the Armenians or met
| with serious accident.
The mans disappearance was, by the
| advice of Mr.. Kelly, at once reported to
| thespolice, who made an investigation of
day night before the mans disappearance
on Sunday, February 30, Harry, the
Turk, as every one called him, had re-
ceived from Mr.. Kelley $3.50 for his
weeks work. Of this sum Harry paid
Mrs. O'Day 81 for his board, gave an
other person SLIPS. cents, which he owed
him and was seen by Patrick Cornell to
put an almost new So bill in his pocket
| book.
On Sunday at three O'Clock, Harry told
| Council that he was going out for a
walk, and since that time he has been
missing
Now it was the Turks custom to go
walking on Sunday, hut he never strid
out very late. and was always home by
time for supper. On this Sunday after
noon he did not come home, and Cornell,
who knew tho Turk pretty we'll. began to
ponder over what Harry had told him in
a burst of confidence. The Turk had said
that the Armenians who lived on the
lower part Of Wilmot street had threat
ened to kill him in revenge for the
wrongs done their oountrymen in suffer
| ing Armenia by the Turks. Harry had
also said that he had had general alter
cations with theseArmenians and that on
one occasion he had been assaulted by
them or others of the nationality and
over $50, which he had in his pocket had
been taken from him. The Turk seemed
to feel very badly about the loss OF this
money as he intended to send it home to
his wife who is still subject of the Sui
tan, but either from ignorance or fear
did not report his loss to the police, nor
had they ever been notified of his loss.
According to the tales told by the Turks
fellow workmen, Harry was very much
afraid that the Armenians would iniure
him in some way, and had often. said ms
| much to them. Until his mysterious
disappearance was reported nothing was
thought Of these remarks of Harry's, but
when his absence was prolonged several
days ugly rumors commenced to be
noised around about the Armenian
colony on the dump"
The police in looking into the disap-
| pearance Of the man learned all of these
| facts and went down Oh Wilmot street
where large Armenian colony is located
| to search for him. Nothing was dis
covered, however, material to the case,
although several houses were searched by
the diligenJ officers from top to bottom.
When questioned, some of the Armenians
maintained a sullen silence, and either
| refused to answer questions about the
| Turk or pleaded ignorance of the English
| language, while others said frankly, they
knew nothing about the man or his
whereabouts.
! When the body was found In Back Bay,
the flesh had been entirely eaten away
from the skull, and as far as could be
seen there we're no marks of violence on
the head unless it was that two of the
mans front teeth were missing. Patrick
Connell, who as has been said, knew the
| Turk well, positively identified the
samples out from the clothing taken from
the body found in Back Bay, and was
sure that tho tobacco bog and cigarette
papers found in the mans pockets be-
longed to Harry, the Turk" Strange
to say, however, Harry the Turks
pocketbook and the new So bill which
Connell saw the man put away on the
night before ne disappeared have not beon
found in the dead mans pockets. Con-
nell was positive that the Turk could not
ha We spent the money on Sunday and
limited very strongly that the Turk was
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