Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-16
POLICE DIG Up
A NEST Of
THUGS
ARMENIAN C0NSPIRAT0RS
IN SHADOW OF GALLONS
DeadHeSt Collection of Murder
GUS Weapons in Annals Of
New York Taken From DeS-
perate Foreigners.

New York, Aug f5.-When the
grand jury today began its hearing Of
the neWly-found evidence which is ex-
pected to start "a string Of Armenian
man-hunters toward the little room Of
the iron door at Sing Sing, it had
something more tangible and perhaps
more convincing than the mere word
Of trapped conspirators To go by. II
had the deadliest collection Of murder
tools that has ever been found under
one roof in New York city
Acting upon information embodied
IN the statement Of Kissak Jolallan, a
squad Of detectives went late yester-
day afternoon to-. dingy tenement at
317 East Forty-niuth street. ON the
ground floor Of this building Is an
Armenian restaurant, whore, it Is now
known. many killings have been plot
ted by the dreaded Hunchakists.
The detectives went straight 10 the
coal cellar. In a bin they found a ton
or more OF hard coal. which they re-
moved, lump by lump. Underneath
was "A cunnlngly-devlsed trap door,
" 10y NAH " ~ A.l ~ AHh r. z
Bile Bluebeard's tool chest.
Arranged neatly IN rows were knives
with poisoned tips. deadlier han a
rattler's fangs, revolvers OF a certain
unique type, like the revolver that
killed the millionaire rug merchant.
Tavishan1ian. in Union Square three
weeks ago; bottles filled with drugs,
the vapors of which are fatal, ana
bombs enough to blow an ordinary
building into powder. 1t was the
work shop of the Hunchakists that
the detectives had unearthed. under a
commonplace coal bin.
Medieval ingenuity had been COM
bined with modern invention to insure
a perfect job every time the agents
Of the society might go after a marked
man. For example, there were three
slender little files. n scratch on the
skin with the point Of one Of which
would mea death. for each files tip
had its coating OF poison, Just as Jola-
liam had said. Three long daggcrs
were similarly treated, so that the
wounds would be fatal even though
the blades might fail to reach a vital
organ. Under the seals OF three we'll
stoppered bottles was hydrocyanic
acid, better known as prussic acid,
even the fumes of which are danger
Gus. There was M iron bomb ana
powder to flll b. uitn f.st ut l''sr
attachments 80 sc 10 off W ,otel
molds for making bomb q .'I .Nis-
81. a bottle ct 1T hate af artiuory
and a jar of unidentified white pow
der were also found.
M 4Nar.. ham fAHnaH nggtrf.t A.
torney Jerome. three of his assist !
ants-Nott. Manly and Perkins-and
Deputy Police Commissioner Woods
examined all the Armenians who have 1
been arrested In the last few days. At
the end OF the inquiry an the prison
ers, except Jolaliau. who has confessed
his share in the murder of Tavishan-
jan. were SEM back TO cells at police
headquarters. The district attorney
took Jolalian before the grand jury
this afternoon After spending some
time in the jury room, where he left
10 long. typewritten statement that had
been prepared by Deputy Police Com
missioner Woods. the district attorney
went before Judge Foster, in general
sessions. taking with him Jolalian and
Tia Zozzenijian This Zozzeniiian
like Jolalian, has admitted that he
the H~unchakists until he dis
covered that he was being used as an
agent Ca promote murder and black
mail. However. he insists that he did
go a. far as Jolalian. who guided /
the assassin of T-avishaujiau to the
rug merchants place OF business in
Union square and pointed out the vic
Co him.
Bcdrus kaehadorian. now Boo Jail. IS
supposed Ca be the actual slayer OF the
merchant.
Diligont search Is being made Tor
AlrXau Argonian. said to he the pres
.ut head of the murdcrous gang.
Judge Foster committed the TWO Are
ncnians TO the house of detention in
bonds OF $4,000 each II was said that
hey would be taken before tho grand
again tomorrow