The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-29

assassin. Neither the man who saw him ?
from the window of the house in Nunhead
Grove nor the boy who witnessed thes'
crime from the street could describe him
further than to declare that he was shortt,
and dark. and it was evident from the .
first that to identify him would be diff
hcult. There was no doubt about his hav- :.
ing been in the United States, for the
hat which he left behind was a TYPICAL
American SLOUGH" with the name of .
New York maker inside it, and his re-
volver, found without trouble, was by
'Merwin, Hubert & Co., N. Y" The
police, however, found it impossible to :,
identy the murderer by means of these
clues.
Then followed several days of immense
activity on the part of the police, from
which, however, absolutely nothing re-
suited, and London has begun to forget
about the missing murderer, his victim
and the strange feud between the Arme-
MAN societies when the whole story was
recalled by the supplementary tragedy
which was played out in Peckham High
street last Wednesday in broad daylight.
When this was over two more Hent-
chakists lay dead, while, a few yards off,
huddled up in his own blood, was The
corpse Of their murderer and, In alp pftoisG o
ability. the slayer of Sagounfs was asSail<
eide. The most remarkable feature aofathe
affair is, of course, that it happemRfi in }
one Of the busiest parts of public street ;
between 1870 and 2 in the afternoon, but
it is an extraordinary circumstance that
the two men shot by the murderer were
members of a party of eight who had
started out together, its - =. =
AT the time when Sagouni was murder
ed Hentchakist congress was being
held in Peckham, and perhaps the muir
derer chose this particular time for be-
ginning his work in. the hope that he
Floeey'
delegates who were present from various,
parts of Europe. Naturally, however, the /.
other HentchakistS were badly frightened Il
by the assassination of their Leaders, and i
they took all sorts Of precautions to guard
their own lives, being especially earsful$
never to venture out of doors except in
groups of two or three.
This is how it came that the patty On
Hentchakists who were attacked z 5aS
Wednesday came to number eights They
included two Russian delegates to the
congress, three London Hentchakists and
three continental representatives They
had been attending a meeting at the
headquarters in Peckham Rye all morn
ing and when they ventured forth 1t was
in search of something to eat. They were
more or less on their guard, even as they
walked along the crowded street. but
probably thought themselves absolutely
secure on account of their number.
"a S6V6Tdl people SeGHu " nave HOtlCeu.
the murderer hanging about in the High
street. while waiting for his victims. And
the place which he eventually chose for
attacking them was we'll selected. Just
off the High street, small alley with
billboards On each side of it runs back
into a coal dealers yard and here the
assassin took up his stand-his hand on
the butt of one of two revolyers which
he had in his pockets.
Though the HentchakiSt party number
ed eight, it got somewhat broken up in
it's progress along the street and when
passing the fatal alleyway was made up
of three groups-the two Russian dele
gates first, then the three London Hench-
akists, Aram Grigorian, Tigran Izmirian
and Pouben Karapitian, and finally the
three Continentals. For his own reasons,
the waiting Alfarist allowed the two Rus
slams to pass in safety, but no sooner
had the three London men, who were
walking abreast, stepped past him than
he leaped out and commenced work.
The Hentchakists now were some six
PAGES in front of him. Levelling his revolt
yer the murderer fired point blank at
Grigorian, who was nearest him, and the
man, who, by the way, had both hands
in his pockets, pitched forward on the
sidewalk stone dead with bullet in his
brain. Without losing second the as
sassin fired two shots at Karapitian, both
of which, however, went wide, whereupon
the frightened Armenian took to his heels
But the third man. Izmarian. was not SO
fortunate Rushing upon him the murder
er fired another chamber Of his Smok=
ing revolver and with such effect that
the bullet tore to the base of the mans
skull leaving q hole into which one could
run two fingers. The Armenian turned half
round, and then toppled over beside his
dead comrade. 's
Now the assassin's only thought was OF
escape, but it was out of the question. Al
ready men, including the rest OF the
Armenian party, were rushing toward him
from all directions, and the first OF these
to reach the spot was sturdy young
Iaborer named Jarvis. AS the latter rush.
ed forward the murderer attempted to
make a bolt of It, and the two men coll
lided with such force that the assassin
was Knocked down and for a moment
sprawled on the ground However, he
had his wits about him. Quick as wink,
and with the expression of a cornered rat,
the man plunged his hand into his pocket.
drew out his reserve revolver. pressed
it to his temple, and in a second more
had blown out his brains and sunk down
dead on the pavement.
At this writing the case is by no means
cleared up and 1t seems unlikely that II,
will be for some time. 1t is, however,
fairly certain that the man who shot the
two Armenians in Peckham High street
was also Sagounis murderer she must
have had accemplices who hid him Sc
cureIy In the very neghborhood where
the police were seeking him. A short,
dark complexioned specimen. he had a
scar on his face which, had 1t been no.
ticed by those who saw him shoot
( Sagouni. and reported to the detectives.
might have led TO his capture.