New-York tribune., 1907-07-24
TEN M4RKED FOR DEATH
SLAIN armenian Only One of Those
Doomed to Die by Society.

The preliminary examination OF Bedros Hanpart-
Eoonian. who held by Coroner Harburssr ves-
terday for the murder OF II. S Tavshantan tha
wealthy rug merchant, East nth street on
Monday afternoon. is far advanced that As
sistant District Attorneys Smythe and Manley will
present the case 10 the grand jury this morning
and the will be indicted
The crime has aroused the Armenians and +b.,,
are determined to break up the band OF blackr,au
ers They fiocked TO the District Attorneys Office
all day yesterday. and volunteered information re-
sarding the so-caIled revolutionary societies
ating among their Countrymen
IaNShanJian only one of tan vvaal,b,- A..
nenlans to be killed If they did not contrbnts
$4,000 each to the Hunchalist ANON tbo
marked men were DR.. Daddran c. GuIbiRtsr N
Cos'lkyan. H. koragosin b. Kazagian and anotbar
merchant named Mnesian. but whether any," -
mands is not known. ~ ~
Armenians who understand the situation -bers
u are familiar with all the details OF the murder
on Monday say that Mr.. Tavshanian WAS 10 havs
been killed eight months ago AT thar time ho,'
ever, the Hunchakst. of which there are tbIr,,,
I'VE branches in This country was rent nv dsss1
sion Twenty-three branches decided 10 ruu oIt
ana 1t was doubtful II the other tWelve would ra
main with the leaders. AS a result the carrvine
out or the threats against the merchant was most
pohed until organization could be perfected once
more. N''NS
MT Manley was told tho name of the man who
ahey say Is the leader OF ths local branch. Ar
menians have known him since 1905. He is said 70
aoiu a position of trust where he is able to get
'snuraht countrymen of his to carry out his plans
- me society which this man controls in New
horK. said we'll 10 do Armenian whose un,Ia
had been blackmailed by the ringleader here and
VINO has since gone abroad. was originally n
patriotic organization to aid our countrymen n
teH into bad hands. and when this blackmauinc
business started the good men dropped out ManS
OF the men who are now being backmailed were
former leaders of the society Those now in cor
trol use the name of the organization and tts
former patriotic purposes a cloak
a priest and patriot q. Chutjian who vas ons
OF the heads or the society in it's good days tried
10 hSht the Matchmaking element He was mur-
dered In Odessa in 1902. Three men who Committees
that crime were put in Jail for it. Father C,asnar
was another victim. So was Ouniian who was
murdered In Constantinople because he would not
Fay backmall. under the same circumstances as
1aVshan1lan The plot Matched In CvDr,a
ana man sent from Chicago to do the work He
was the same type of as Hampartzooniap
Murders all over the world are committed al the
bidding of the society"
The killing of Tavshanjian the result of a
carefully arranged plot
MT Cambere, who acted confidential secratarv
to Mr. Tavshan1an. called on Assistant District
Attorneys Smythe and Manley yesterday afternoon
There is no government here he said excited
" Il cannot understand why you have such laws
In Turkey they would have rounded them all nm
1he man who committed the murder is Onlv a
uupe IN the hands of band of Flackmailers''
AT a meeting OF wealthy Armenans last night il