Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-26
THREATEN WIDOW.
HunohalSists to Kill Their Victims
 Family.

NEW YORK, July 26 = Despite threats that another member of the family of Hovannes S. Tayshanpan would be slain at the funeral of the murdered man, the services at 15S West Seventy-second street passed off without bomb throwing or murder.
 Previous to the funeral the widow of the millionaire Armenian rug importer received letter which stated that one or all of the members of her family would be killed, if not during the fu- neral services, then, the note said, the threat would be executed subse- Quently.
 As consequence every person who attended the funeral was subjected to . close examination, some of them even being searched by score of cen tral office detectives and twelve police men who guarded the place.
 More than twenty suspicious looking men we.> turned away from the door and hustled away by the detectives. Even bouquets of flowers were turned away for fear they might contain bombs or explosives.
 Bishop Horsep Sarajian of Hobo ken conducted the funeral services. As he gazed at the face of the mur- dered man he broke into tears and sobbed. Following the breakdown of the bishop the entire gathering, men as we'll as women, broke into tears
 As an additional precaution against blackmailers and desperate Armenian assassins the place of the interment of Tayshanjian was not made public. The body was taken to the Grand Cen tral station, and 1t was said arrange ments had been made to take it to White Plains, but those in charge of the funeral refused to say where the burial would take place.
 Almost every Armenian merchant in the city closed his place of business to- day, and more than a hundred at tended the funeral in body, many be- ing protected by an armed bodyguard.
 Confirmation of the terror into which the wealthy Armenlans of the city have fallen through the murder of the millionaire rug dealer, Tavshanjian, and the threats consequently made came today when dozen rich mer- chants visited the office of Assistant District Attorney Manley and. plead ing for secrecy. produced letters from the Hunchakist society which they had received today.
 
 The writers of the letters declared that the oniy salvation for the recipi- ents was to tell nothing to any one regarding the letters they had re- ceived. Failure to obey this injunction. they said. would mean instant death for the receiver and his family. In each case the merchants lmplored the prosecutor not to make their names public, as their lives would then be sacrificed.
 Most of the merchants said they were armed for any emergency. and appeared at the criminal courts build- ing attended by bodyguards which they have employed to protect them In case the terrorists attempt to carry cut their threats. They declared that the police were unable to prevent their being attacked and they were com pelled to employ private detectives to watch over them.
 Police Commissioner Bingham said todayS .at he was hard at work on the Armenian situation and that the men under him are striving to put an end to the era of crime.
 A mass meeting will be held tonight at the Murray IIill lyceum. At the meeting free expression will be given to indignation and sympathy felt for the entire Armenian colony because of the threats and the murder of How names :. Tavshaniian.