Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-15
True Story Enacted on the Stage
Of Real Life That is Full Of
Stirring Romance.
PRINCELY HOUSE WIPED OUT.
High State Officials. Outwsrdly Pol.
ishcd and Cultivated, Barbarians
Beneath the Surface.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
oNSTANTINOPLE. Sept s.-Bit
| by BIT there has been revealed
here one OF the most absorbing.
dramatic and impossible stories
OF true life that ever stepped out OF
the pages OF the Arabian Nights and
wandered by some mischance into the
present day and hour. The principal
characters IN the drama were. on tho
surface, polished. cultivated men. who
might have been received Ia society.
anywhere-Constantinople, New York.
London or Washington. Undernea;h
the surface they prove TO have been
contemporaries Of Othello and Iago.
Not ALL YET ACTED.
Tho draqa OF which probably We
have not act seen the Ast act has
already resulted in the murder OF the
project Of Constantinople, the execution
" the master OF the ceremonies az tho,
palace, and his uncle, the military gov-}
ernor ~ ScutGri. and the practical AK
tinction OF one Of tho great princefy
houses % Turkey.
10 al began IN trivial fashion a
few months ago when Ahmed Aga, fao-
totum FOR the rich and powerful Red
van Pasha, project OF the city, came to
i've In shishh, suburb OF Constanti-
nOple, not far from the Yildiz Kiosk.
and as N luck would have II, in thu
same street In which resided Abdur-
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the imperial palace. Redvan used IFS
ONCE % feather his own nest. by meth
DDS not altogether unknown in Ameri-
"a. The bakers guild. for instance.
paid him $50 Turkish liras a day 70 be-
protected when they violated the law
agaisSt the selling Of bread under
weigrt Ahmed was the man who ran
the graft department for him and did
most % the dirty work. Naturally. he
saw 70 IL that he got a good rake or
Tor himself. And thus Il came about
mat he could afford 20 live IN style IN A
big house In a swell street near the
palace.
But despite the fact that the ne,rh-
borhoOd was fashionable one Inc
street .ike mosi OF HE streets in tbs
capital, was Wreiohodly paved. Ahmed
used bis pull 10 set that part OF ths
street IN front OF his house repaved At
The clty's expense. AbdurrozEak sent
him message requesting that ths
pat omsnt be extended 10 his own house.
Ahmed wanted 20 know what there was
IN it Tor him. The response was not
satisfactory. Then Ahmed discovered
hat re funds apportionei for street
improvements had been exhausted ana
me master Of ceremonies would have
10 wait unul an additional appronria-
non hsd been obtained. or pay for tia
,Ntension OF the pavement out OF his
own pocket.
Ahmed was Turk Of humble origin.
!. nile Abaurfezzak Pasha was head OF
PC kieal ana powerful kurdish family
'i the befr khans which. some 70
years back. under the lesdershin n,
Ahaurrezzak's grandfather. had org,,~
fcd such a formidable revolt arsi,st
ne government that the sultan ~ ira,
lay had found Il expedient 10 purchase
leace by hestowing some OF The has,
liIets az bic disposal on the chiefs ~
ne bedr Khan BY the beard OF ths
lfoplet' Audufrezzak sWorc that ho
QUA Teach Reivan's insolent ups,art
,nderling lesson. on some prsiext he
ieoosed AIMED Into his house. had hiu,
lninefctully basiinadoed and placed
nm ih isaominioas confinement.
WORD TO CHIEF.
Ahmed managed to get word Of h,s
orry plight 10 his chief. Rodvan was
.0t the man 10 leave one OF his
iaunthest followers IN the lurch. He
I'D his best 20 induce Abdurrerzak 10
et AHMED free. He even offered To.