The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27
KILLED BY
An ASSASSIN
President Of the Armenian Revolu-
tionary Society in London Is
Murdered.
Members Of the Alfa1ist Society
Thought to Have Instigated
the Crime.

Thought to Have Instigated
the Crime.
President Sagouni Was a Passive
ist and Hence Alfarists Wanted
Him Removed.
London, Oct. 27.--sagatel Sagouni,
president of the Armenian revolution
airy society in London, was murdered
in the suburb of Nunhead late yester-
day evening.
The crime has created sensation,
as It has every appearance of being
or a political character, and has been
preceded by the assassinations Of other
officials of branches of the same sos
clety on the continent
Sagouni, who returned to London
only yesterday after settling up the
affairs Of an associate in Switzerland,
who was recently assassinated by stab
bling, was entering his residence when
a man rushed across the road and fired
four shots at him in quick succession,
the last bullet entering the region OF
the heart. The murderer, who ap-
IL,
only clues to the man in possession
OF the authorities are felt hat#and q
silyer-plated revolver, both made in
New York, which he dropped in his
fight.
The murdered man, who was min-
| ing engineer, became wealthy in the
Caucasus and devoted his money to
the Armenian cause. His society was
! entirely passive mad opposed to vio-f
lence, and it is thought this attituda
/! inspired the advanced section Of the
Armenians with the desire for VEN
| geance, the latter claiming that Sa-
COUNTS society devoted funds to char
! ity which would have been better ap.
| piled to violent remedies for the Ar.
/ mentan grievances.
SagOuni is said to have moved to
England from New York early in 1 902.
1t is stated that Sagouni's life had
been threatened. on account of his par
| ticipation in the exposure by the edo
| itor of a Boston newspaper, Young
Armenia, of the Misrepresentation OF
funds by aafaction of the Armenian
revolutionists. These men are alleged
/ to have collected $4,000 in America
| in 1902 and to have put the money in
! their own pockets instead Of pushing
the propaganda for the emancipation
of the Armenians, for which the money
was subscribed. 8
| was Always ArlHeu..E
4 Sagouni had frequently spoken OF
the determination Of the advanced
| Armenian reVolutionists to extermin-
rate the leaders of the passive party
and for thatfreas he always carried
4 q revolver "a nd "a dagger in self. de-
i fense. st The. Inurderers' shots last night
were SO rapid that Sagouni was shot
near the heart and fell.
When at Dieppey France, yesterday
on his way ito England, g5Sagouni
thought he was being Swallowed by a
! man, whose description somewhat tall
lilies with the appearance Of the MUIR
| derer who is described:as being 5 feet
age, having very long, black hair,
! and a black mustache with long,
dropping ends. A man has been ar
rested near Kings Cross railroad sta
ton on suspicion Of being the assas-
/ sin, but he hardly answers the de-
scription. ts=.
! A convention Of the Armenian pas
siveists has been in session here and
it is suggested that the opportunity
was chosen by the, violent faction as
a favorable one for disposing of the
principal leaders. The murderer was
noticed waiting for hours before the
arrival of Sagouni and was apparently
supplied with information concerning
! the latters movements by two accom-
plices.
| Before his death SagOunl told a.
friend that he did not know ,1is as
;sailant, but he said enemies had been
following him for a long time.
Lay 1t to Society.
/ Sagouni's friends attributed the
murder to the Alfarist section Of the
Hentchakist society. This section,
headed by man named After, was
i expelled from the society after the
1 split in 1895, when, it is alleged, the
Alfarists were paid spies Of the sultan
/ of Turkey. There was some attempt
tween the sections Of the Hentchakist
society but the majority concluded
that the Alfarists only wanted to get
control Of the societys newspaper,
the Hentchak, with the object of sup
| pressing it.
The feud became more acute and an
5Eattack on the editor OF the Boston
edition of the Hentchak followed. A
former editor of the Hentchak, Ma
Zarbeck, was stabbed last week at 4Lau-
|;sanne, Switzerland, by Alfarists. It is
! said: here however, that Nazarbeck is
not dead, tho he was reported earlier
in the day to have been killed. The
LOCALE Hentchakists say New York is
the headquarters Of the Alfarists.
1 Is The man arrested near Kings Cross
railroad station on suspicion of being.
the murderer of Sagouni has been re-
4 leased. from custody.
He Was an Obstruction
4 Boston, Oct. 27.-The murder Of
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