The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-08-29


shouting and runniha around. and then
two or three Orientals 90 " the hos
pitei, badly bunged % THE cauneg
Merely a locai blooming out ~ 4 qlsr
rel that has rs roots AZ the bottom
81 the social structure of Syria. the
breach between the two branches ~
the Syrian church has been reOpened
IN due form here 30 New York. Kline
times out Of ten one or another Of the
hostile blshops OF both o. them man.
age 20 get tangled Up 10 the police
court end 81 the ARRAY.
Traced Many Murders,
a few days ago the s~eneational
Union Square murder served - direct
attention 70 The fight between re
Turks aud The Armoniama and iN
tween the Armenians themselves. The
richest Armenian la America. g NIL
iionaire rug merchant, was shot 10
death from behind as he came out Of
the Everett House. where be had been
for hts lunch. Investigating the assas-
sination the district attorneys office
stumbled upon a door which. being
opened. showed a veritable Blue
Boards closet of horrors. Mr.. Jerome's
young men were able 20 trace the muir
der OF the rug merchant. the 0utchery
Of the Armenian priest. old Father
Kaspar. three months before. and hair
a dozen other unexplained murders
here aud IN other parts Of the globe
to a common
They learned. 10 their very great
surprise. that for months and years
most Of the wealthy Armenians in
America had been living in fear Of
their lives because Of the threats and
the acts Of a mysterious Armenian So
ciety formed ~ostensibiy for the pur-
pose OF aiding the morlbund ~revoln-
ton against Turkey, but in reality
doing a large maii-order business In
murder. blackinan and Intimidation
a society which has its headquarters
Ga Cypress and which. through Us
chosen agents, strikes deadly blows at
viii IN New York or London or Con
staLtinople or New England The
slayer Of the rug dealer came, so the
police believe. all the way across the
ocean from Greece to shoot one OF his
c-ouutrymen whom he had never seen
he got his orders and he came.
Trouble Brought from Sparta.
one night last week a desperate
fight broke out among the Greek ped
dlers who sell fruit and peanuts
around the Manhattan entrances ~
Brooklyn bridge. Up and down PARK.
Row the fight ragged Fifteen or TWEEN
~ Greeks. arrayed In equal strength.
on either side. deserted their push
carts to use knives and fists and clubs
on one another. They overpOWered the
first OF the policemen who anne
I against them and kept right on. Il
took the reserves from two station
houses to NOW the gladiators down
and drag them away TO The station
house.
in the police court the magistrate
said he supposed they were two rival
groups Of peddlers who had fallen out
over the distribution Of the fruitful
territory about che bridge entrance.
~Oh. no. explained the interpreter.
] AAAtN AH - AAAAHhA - AAAA aAAA AANHN
men come from Sparta, and there has
been a bitter quarrel between their
families Ia Sparta for many years.
They happened TO meet ia force here
ia New York"
He added that from what he could
gather there would probably be work
for an undertaken when the leaders Of
the two clans came out Of the work
house. And there yoa are. That's the
way Il goes Ia New York. the world
metropolis.
Police Commissioner Bingham re-
allies that the police force as Il IS
constituted at present Is not compe.
tent 20 cope with the foreigners who
bring their old feuds and oonspiracies
over hero with them He has asked
for a special appropriation Of seS0oQ
with which 10 hire a secret-seryien
atan of Cinnamon. Italians and Ar