The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-28
OUTCOME OF OLD FEUD
Editor Maroukin Talks of the
 Crime.
The Disappearance of Some of the
 Funds of the Revolutionary Move ment Resulted in Recrimina- ton and Bitterness.

London. Oct. 27.-Sagatei Sagouni, pres lent of the Armenian Revolutionary So- fety in London, was murdered in the lburb of Nunhead late yesterday even hg. The crime has created a sensation, fs 1t has every appearance of being or political character, and has been pre- Ieded by the assassination of other offi- i als of branches of the same society on he continent.
 Sagouni. who returned to London only &esterday after settling up the affairs of D associate in Switzerland, who was re- ently assassinated by stabbing. was en- bring his residence when man rushed cross the road and fired four shots at |agouni in quick succession the last oui- It entering the region of the heart.
 The murderer. who appeared to be breigner, fed The only clues of the han in the possession of the authorities Ere a felt hat and silver plated revolv- <r, both made in New York, which he cropped in his flight.
 The Murdered Man.
 $ $The murdered man, who was a mining #ngineer, became wealthy in the Cau- ass and devoted his money to the Ar enian cause. His society was entirely assive and opposed to violence, and IL
 thought this attitude inspired the ad- anced section of the Armenians with be desire for vengeance. the latter claim Ag that Sagouni's society devoted funds b charity, which could have been better pplied to violent remedies for the Ar enian grievances.
 Sagouni is said to have moved to Eng nd from New York early in 1902.
 SIt is stated that Sagouni's life had been threatened on account of his participa- on in the exposure, by the editor or d <oston newspaper. Young Armenia, af- IY the misa appropriation of funds by a &ction of the Armenian revolutionists. 8hese men are alleged to have collected E Q, 900 in America in 1902 and to have put he money in their own pockets, instead
 publishing the propaganda for the Emancipation of the Armenians for which zle money was subscribed
 sArouni Went Armed.
 #sagouni had frequently spoken of the of the advanced Armenian Avolutionists to exterminate the leaders II the passive party and for that reason s always carried revolver and dagger
 self-defense. The murderer's shots st night were 80 rapid that Saguoni as only able to draw his revolver ar- r the murderer had fired three times :. nd as 'he turned to face his assallant agouni was shot near the heart anu When at Dieppe. France. on his way to nr,and Sagouni thought he was be- shadowed by a man whose descrip- en somewhat tallies with the appear .na of the murderer who Is described
 Ave feet three inches in height, about
 wears old, having very long black hair
 black mustache, with long droop-
 onde man was arrested near King s Pee ra,Iroad station on suspicion of be- z = Che assas ssin, but was later released
 1 convention of the Armenian passive
 kas haen in session here, and Il IS Soested the opportunity was chosenApy violent faction as a favorable one r disposing of the principai leauers
 Awaited His Victim.
 The murderer was notlceu "ai'ihS @ to Inra for the arrival Of Saguoni' anu the rmer was apparently suppheu "ltn .n- < rmation concerning the latei ii0'e snts by two accomplices. Y onsore his death Sagouni told a friend
 Sa did not know his assailant, put .s aosroies had been following him for ,aun u time Sagounis friends attribute IoS --s,,rder to the Alfarist section or the utohakist Society. This section. head # h,, a man named Altar, was expelled
 tho society after the split in lSSo' 1an if is alleged. the Alfarists were "a snies of the Sultan of TurKey' mere
 some attempt in 1902 to patch up
 aiNlculties between the sections of the
 ,tcbakist Society, but the majority ncluded that the Alfarists only wanted
 get control of the society's newspaper Hentchak, with the object of sup essing ie. . , at The feud became more acute ana at ,r on the editor of the Boston edition
 the Hentcrrak followed. A former i+or of the Hentchka Hazerback was
 hbed last week at Lausanne, Switzer- ,d, by an Alfarist. It is said here wever. that Nazerback is not dead oneh he was reported earlier in the day
 have been killed. The local Hentchakists say New York
 the headquarters of the Alfarists.