Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
TURNED ON CONFEDERATES
Mrs. Scherrer Tells of Lodgers'
Surprise on Finding Body
Not Disposed of and
There is a New
Clue.

The trunk containing the body Of Father
Casyar Vantanian was delivered to No. 500
West 8Ith street within an hour OF the
murder of the priest, il was Learned yes
t,rday. Two of the conspirators IN the
murder plot. who had left the third, VINO
was the owner of the trunk. to dispose OF
the body Of the aged man, did not return
10 their lodgings at No. 333 West 3'th
street until o'clock that night.
According to the police theory these TWO
men who are described as Paul Sarkislah
and John Mcoradian, had actively pdruci-
mated in the murder Of the priest, either
for rohbcry or fov tha more probable mo-
tiy, ,f t,ul deal vengeance. and had aided
in packing his body in the trunk ri Sarkls
E,r.npyiau their friend and co-conspirator
Failed to Send Trunk Away.
F.rnovlau lad agreed to dispose OF the
body. the police believed. His idea was
evidently ia send the trunk away, either
under a baggage check or an express re-
ceipt. and Sarkisian and Mooradlan were
10 disappear under the improved conditions
of their finances resulting from the murder.
Sark.siau and Mooradian were tod by
Mr.. Henry Scherrer when they reached
zn,;r lodgings in West 27th street, that
trunk had h,ta delivered for them during
tb.ir absence They seemed surprised and
immediately went into their room to In
VcstiEate =,
puttina tho body Of the dead priest con
froutrd them. They mad key L" the
trunk but wee slow to believe the dead
body had been thrust upoA them by the
men VITO had agreed To dispose or II.
Discovery of Their Crime.
Trrmb!iugIy the pusscesor of the dupli-
cate key to the trunk fitted it to the lock
and opened the lid. The frightful evidence
Of their crime confronted him and the lid
was quickly closed and the trunk locked
again.
When Paul" and John as Mrs
Srhcrrer knew them returned to the dining
room from their inspection OF the trunk.
their faces were blanched and they seemed
ready to run away on any provocation
They have delivered the wrong trunk.
said Paul tine first to find his tongue We
VIII take 1t back and get the right one.
Unable to Send Trunk Away.
Mrs. Scherrer. who was suspicious of her
guests. declared the trunk could not be
moved until the room rent of 50 had been
paid This information. rather than dis
heartcning the two dodgers, seemed to buoy
them up, and they said they would go out
and get the money.
Willingly the two men left the trunk.
which the detectives believe had been thrust
upon them in double cross OF a murder
pot. security for their room rent. They
have not been seen since. Their first i'm
pulse to move the trunk. when they found
that the murdered body had been placed
upon their hands. was cast aside in the ex-
pressed desire of the woman of the house
10 hold II as security for their board.
Father Caspar left the restaurant of
Wolfram Seshposian. No 49, East 26th
street. about l. o'clock on Wednesday. He
had declared his intention of returning to
the home of his friends. Paul" and John"
I'm West @Ith street.
Went to Ermoyian's Room.
Meantime. according to the results of
Capt. McCaferty's Investigations Sarkis
Ermoy!an. who had been told on Monday
10 leave his lodgings in 10Th avenue. had
found a room In East Goth street, within a
short distance from the restaurant. and had
moved his trunk there on Thursday.
The three men-Ermoy!an, SarEsian
and MOOradian-had watched the move
mcnts of the ltlnerant priest. and on meet
ing him when he left the restaurant in E,as
26th street had offered him lodgings in
ErmOyiau's newly rented room. As Father
CaSpar was without lodgings for the night
he accepted the offer and went to the room
in 2Tth street TO rest himself
When In this room in 18th street the
priest was quickly murdered, either by accI-
dent or because he would not reveal the
secrets which the agents of the Armenian
revolutionary society tried to choke from
I"n. Nt'tI Iht murder the Douy was
packed. by force. INTO the trunk of Ermo-
wan. and the name of the owner even
To the given name of 'Sarkis," written on
tie trunk
The two men. who lodged in the West
"'th street house and implicated in the
murder. did not return TO their home until
ilgntial That they had been preparing
TO SAL in anticipation of some event which
would bring th-sn money Is shown by the
circulars of steamship companies and time
''"''S' most prominent among their effects.
Mrs. Scherrer's Statement.
MIS-, Scherrer, In a statement to an Amer
lean reporter yesterday. which she after
WARD confirmed under oath to Assistant
bls'Fict Attorney Manley, told of the ac