The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-24
TRUST
Of MURDER
Many Crimes Are Traced to
Armenian Secret
Society.
MERCHANTS VICTIMS
Chief Shippy and Chicago Police
Think Headquarters Are
in Chicago.
Chicago, Juy "a
LIST OF CRIMES TRACED
TO ARMENIAN MURDER TRUST

as far as can be learned by the police
the following murders are the harvest
or the murder trust to date
Apik Unjian, Persian commissioner
to the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
killed in Constantinople six months
ago.
The Rev. Father Kaspar's body found
cut to pieces in trunk in New York a
few months ago
Hovhanes S Tavshanjian, the richest
Armenian in America shot and killed
in New York last Monday.
Two members of the old Hunchakist.
shot and killed in London two years
ago.
In addition TO this list it was learned
that five years ago S. SabahgooIian.
the present head Of the old Hunsha-
kist In Paris, was shot at and wounded
In Boston by a member of the New
Hunchakist, who was sent to prison
for nine years.
The following have been marked for
death by the New Hunchakist. unless
they pay $4,000 apiece to the society:
l. Gulbengian, ]. Karaghensian, ana
+. Kazenjian, millionaire rug dealers
Of New York
Chicago is the clearing house Of the
murder trust
The police learned last night that the
New Hunchakst," an Armenian secret
society which sends its murderous ennis
saries all over the world to take the
lives of men marked for death in it's
book Of fate, has its central headqpart-
ers on the South Side in this city. The
greed Of money is behind the organize
ton and money alone will save those
whose names have been marked with
the black cross. a symbol Of the dia-
bolical purpose Of the organization.
Chief Shippy, through Detective Isaac
Ter Isaiah OF the Cottage Grove avenue
station, learned last night that the
president of the society lives on the
South Side and that. through his orders.
many mysterious murders have oc-
Cured in the past. There are fourteen
sworn members Of the organization.
whose betrayal of the trust imposed on
each of them would mean immediate
death.
Victims are Rich Men.
These fourteen men, skiIlful in the
extreme with the favorite weapons of
the New Hunchakist society, the dag
ger. hunt down their prey in every
large city in the world. The men who
are the victims Of their Matchmaking
schemes are all rich men of the Armen-
ian race.
In addition to the five murders that
have been traced TO the members Of the
New Hunchal1ist" the police have dis
covered that the society has marked for
death a half dozen Chicago Armenians
Of wealth, and three other merchants
in New York. of whom they have de-
manded as blood money $25, 900 each.
In trailing the clearing house of the
murder trust to Chicago the police have
been aided by the discovery that every
one OF the five murders known to have
been committed by the New Huncha-
kist" were the acts of assassins sent
out from Chicago.
The murder of Hovhanes S. Tavsh-
anjian, the richest Armenian in Amer
lea, in New York Monday, has resulted
in disclosures which make it plain TO
the police that Chicago is the nest from
which the assassans of the secret Hun
chakfst, more powerful and dreaded
than the Italian Mafa, are being sent
on their diabolical missions Here it
IS that the men employed to kill those
who refuse to pay tribute to the Hun
ehakist are schooled and supplied with
money and passports for their murder
Gus expeditions to all parts of the
world, according to the police.
Two Previous Grimes.
In addition to the most recent trag-
edy that in which the wealthy How
hanes S. Tavshanjian met his end, two
others within a few months have now
been traced directly to the lair Of this
desperate band IN Chicago. The first Of
these was that Of the Persian com
missioner to the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position. IL Unjin. who six months ago |
was killed in Constantinople because. he
would not pay $4,000 into the hands of +
the officers of the Chicago clearing /
house Of the desperate Hunchakist
Shortly after its organization a plot /
was formulated by its directors for the |
purpose Of Matchmaking an amount OF /
money from one Of the wealthiest mer-
chants OF Constantinople. Apik Unjian. |
and the first attempt was successful. I
but upon the merchants refusal at
their second demand he paid the pen
atty with his life. The perpetrators /
Of that deed were sent from the local /
organization here.
Old Hunehal&ist "a Rebel Body.
The old Hunchakist, from which the T
subsequent organizations have sprung. /
dates its origin as far back as 1887. at
which time il was organized in London /
by the revolutionary Arnenians for the
purpose of educating their Young in /
the revolutionary ideas and teach them /
70 always remain rebellious against the 1
oppression OF Turkey. Ten years later /
out OF the dissatisfaction there arose /
the organization which is now a dis
grace 10 the members of the old So
eiety and is a menace to the lives OF /
the wealthy.
Their demands for money are made
under the guise Of necessity of funds I
for the society; OF course. il is neces-
sary 10 secure funds for the mainten- /
ance Of the society, and the practice Of /
soliciting funds is IN vogue even in the