Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-09-05

minister and Weber of tho central sta
ton last night recovered q diamond just
as confessed thief was attempting to
swail w the gem.
/ w. j. & 1nley, alias the '!oo: bless kid.
was the victim Of THE invoiuatary dia-
mund surrender. Hs is charged with
having stolen the jewel aud $40 from
| Charles GreeDmeyer, railroad Official.
| When arrested no trace of either money
or diamond could be found, but Buck
minister, seeking that the prisoner was
trying to swallow something, held his
\ throat while Weber tisbsd for and got
the diamond. The prso5er then con-
feseed that he had stolen the stone from
Mr.. Greenmayer.
Detective Buckminster did no UGH good
work last night besides srresting the
diamond thief. He vas riding o bicy-
Gle on LaSalie street when he saw two
young men RIM into a tunnel, pursued
by man who was shouting for the po-
lice The detective rode into the tun-
mel end caught both youths, John Clark
and Dennis MyrHu. They are now lock-
ed. up, charged with stealing some
shirts from furnishing store on Wells
street. The proprietor Of the store was
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1 mel.
New YORK, Aug. pa dispatch to
the World from Boston says the crew of
the Portland brig Henry b. Clesves
mutinied in the harbor of st. Johns,
Porto Rico, attacked the captain, over
powered the mate and about killed HIM,
and iphicted injuries on the steward
which caused bis death. The steward
Antonio +. Berrs, was struck over the
head by telay log pin, end thrown
/ headforemost into the hold. In wsnton.
ness the murder compares With the trl-
pie murder on the Herbert Fuller.
! The Clesves sailed from Baltimore,
june 8, coal-laden for Porto Rico. She
was commanded by Capt. Thomas @.
Wallace, Mate Chris Ssnner, and car.
ried q crew of four colored men, ship
| ped at Baltimore, and Steward Berra.
| When st. Johns was reached the crew
had Delayed badly, aud carried things
their own way in port.
On Sunday, July IL, they came
aboard, and one of thsm named Will
lisms demanded his wages from the
| captain, which was refused. The other
three went forward, qusrreling with
steward, and the mate told them to
stop their noise. Williams hit the mate
when his back was turned, knocking
him to the deck on the edge of the
hstchway.
| Mate Ssnner says: ut was his evil
| dent intention to throw me down the
hatch way. Three men jumped on me
and one rushed at the captain, seizing
him by the throat. The steward ran
TO Gid me aud then Williams struck him
with Delaying pho. He then threw
him down the hatchwsy. / managed to
struggle to my feet, threw a cssk at one
OF the nen, breaking his head, and then
fired shot from my revolver to secure
aid, and the fight was over. Berrs died
q few dsys later. The crew wss arrest
ed, and the Spanish authorities wanted
to string them up, bpt thu consul inter
| ferred and told US be would send them
to the Ststes."
| The whereabouts Of the crew ia no;
| known 10 the local United States au-
| tkorities, and no advIces have been re-
csived from Washington beyond the
statements forwarded by the consul.
| CoNsTANTINoPLE,A Aug. 28-The riots
| which have caused so much excitement
| throughout Constan tinopie are apparent
ly at an end. The leaders of the mob
which attscked the Offices # Ottoman
Bank surrendered, and will be expelled
| from Turkey.
The official account OF the troub les
attributes the riots to sn organized ef-
fort on the part OF the Central Commit
| tee OF the ArmenIaEs to stir up a revo-
luton. The invaders, as il by pre-
concerted arrangement, suddenly en-
tered the great hall Of the Otlomsn
Bank, armed with revolvers. daggers
and dynamite bombs. Forming in small
groups they were sccosted by the officer
of the guard. who demanded from them
statement OF their business with the
bank. Without stopping TO reply, they
blew out his brains and then killed and
behesded the gendsrmes, throwing the
heads OF the dead meE out into the
streets.
During the resultant confusion they
closed the doors of the bank, and hurled
a number Of bombs into the street.
Four Turkish ladies, who we're driving
along il Carriage, were blown to
pieces. Two French employees of the
bank, while descending from a window
By rope, were wounded by one of the
explosions. They narrowly escaped
with their lives by reason of the timely
intervention OF the imperial troops.
The rioters also captured hotel in
the city of Constsntinopls, and BON be
and shot and missiles fairly rained upon
the heads of the passers- by, woundiug
many persons. Many similar events are
reported from various portions of the
city. 1t is known that q great many
persons have been killed. but it is i'm
possible 70 learn the exact number ow-
ing TO the excitement and the desire
upon the part OF the Armenians, as well
as the Turkish authorities. to keep the
idsa tity OF the killed and wounded
secret. The Armenlsn Patriarch has
communicated all Armenisns con-
cerned 10 the latest uprising.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2S-T. Rosser Roe
mer, at one time captain of the old
Busch Zouaves of this city, and Frank
+. iilligsss, also OF st. Louis, who en-
tered the Cobau service last Novsmber
have returned. They are in this coup
try low for the purpose of securing
arms for the insurgent army and
brought letters to this effect from Gen.
Gomsz TO Delegate Palma at New York.
Ross" Roener, as ne is Familiarity
called, comes homs with a commission
as hsuGsnsnt-cOlonel Of infantry, and
Hilligsss with that of lieutenant.
To reporter of tae Republic, Col.
Roemer related an adventure ending
with a thrilling escape from the Span
ish. He had desperate voyage OF 200
miles in the open sea in sixteen foot
boat. finally landing at Nassau, IN the
Bahamas, whence they went TO New