The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-25
TINE STAMP ON MURDER PLOT
INDICATES THAT THE GANG SAW
TAVSH ANJIAN SHOT.
rhrestened A~rnsenlsns Fail Grsvely Of Hlrs
ing Assassins TO Murder the Blacis-
mslIers-Others Say. Ne, Pay Up--Mas-
teeeessan Takes Accusations Piaeidly.

m0tIert-Dtne nay Nei ray Up--MmT
teogesSan Takes Accusations Piaeid'y.
That Bedros Hampartsoomian had 40
complies in the murder Of Hovhannes s.
T~avshanjian on Monday was practically
settled yesterday by documentary EVIL
denoe. q part of which In the time stamp
Of the New York Post ONCE.
There we're taken 20 the Office Of the Dis
trict Attorney yesterday six letters that
had been received by rich Armenian NOR
since the shooting. Most Of them
we're received on Tuesday morning All
threaten the same fate to the others unless
they submit TO the blackmail already de-
manded. IL Ia said that as far a. 10 know
by the authorities about ten Of these letterv
In all have been received by as many mer-
chants, who under the leadership Of Tav-
shanjian had decided not 10 submit to the
biackmail.
A. K~aragheusian Of 22S Fourth avsnus.
a rug importer. whose brothers have
large businesses in Constantinopls and
Paris. got at his store on Monday after
noon four hours after the assassination .
iettsr in Armenian which reads about like
this:
we have just killed Tavshsnjian. who
would not agree to our demands and wao
advised you not 10. You zee what has
happened to him. So take warning and be
prepared to give US the money We ask,
II you do not pay you will live Only two
weeks"
The envelope Of ths k~srsEheusian letter
10 stamped with h mark of post once
station d, i0s East Twelfth street. This
station takes in Union Square. According
to the station stamp this lstter was rsoeived
at ESQ O'Clock OF Monday afternoon. Tav-
shanjisn vas shot down in Union Square
at 1850 o'clock. The envelopes Of the other
letters, 1t is said, bear the same time stamp.
At the most there 10 a possible differences
Of only an hour and a half between the
killing Of Tayshapjisn and the reception 6f
these letters at the branch post ONCE. This
stamp clock at the post Office switches each
half hour, 80 that it would stamp N2:go'
up to within a few seconds of 3 o'clock.
However, allowing for the time consumed
in collecting the letters from a box the
senders had scarcely an hour. The several
letters are said to be in different hands.
The news OF the shooting had not spread
far when the letters were posted, and who
ever prepared than had at hand a list Of ths
merchants on whom the Matchmaking de-
msnds had already been made. It 10 sur
missed thai these persons followed the muir
derer to Union Square, saw the murder
done and made haste to draw for their
dividends.
A serious lot OF men are the well 10 do.
prosperous Armenian merchants these
days. Conyersant with Eastern methods
they fail to understand why the District
Attorney does not throw into jail a lot 81
black mailers they have informed on and
especially one man. who they say 10 the
rinsleader.
These same Armenians are either fleeing
the city or are keeping behind closed doors.
To get to one nowadays it is necessary 70
establish your personality and your busi-
ness.
Acting District Attorney Smyth and his
assistant, Mr.. Manley. are worried them-
selves because of threats Of reprisals. II ID
said to be q project seriously considered
by some OF the threatened men to rAiss
a large defence fund. hire one Of the rival
patriot" gangs n exterminate h ring
leader and his clique Of cutthroats. Hew-
ever strange this sounds in longitude II
degrees west, IL is no joke or matter OF
idle gossip among these rich Armenians.
Three Of them, well 10 do n sensible.
told a SUN reporter in the coolest way about
the proposition. Said n
What are We to dor Our lives are in
peril. We have been threatened and told
We have but two weeks TO live. We "a
home at night and face weeping and tren-
bling wives and children. They do NOT
know any morning that we will eoms
home again. The arrest of q ceftsin
mar in this city would put the blackmailinl
and numbering ssng TO flight. With him
loose there is no telling what will happen
II the authorities do not act We viii act
It 10 necessary for the protection OF ouI
lives and our families
These men made no bones OF saying
that the Armenian business men had bean
together, had discussed this plan and
that a fund OF 500 600 was practically
assured II II should be decided to assassinats
the sssassins.
Others took a different view. Il have
made up my mind to pay said ons rug
merchant yesterday Il am rich. ! have
a large business and a family I love and
that loves me. | want 10 live. I'll Civ,
them the money IL they leave me alone.
I nave promised TO do nothing until I: Ia
seen what steps the police and the District
Attorneys Office take to roundup the
murderers and blackmailers. But ! an
not going TO wait long I don't want v
die a martyrs death or any other kind Of
death. I want 20 live"
Among those who received threatening
letters the day after the Union Square mur
der were Gullabi Guibenkian of Gulbenkiai
4 Co.. in the new Brunswick Building IL
Madison Square, and Armen P. Aeon
head Of the firm Of A. Aleon's Som Al
these men are wealthy rug importers. Alec,
hadS received q threatening letter only
month before, which read:
Aymsn p, Aeon. eO7 BroGdi0av.
DEAR SIR: The Hunchakist Society beg
you TO donate to the above named SOCIETY
the sum Of siO,o00. so as to enable them q
aid their nssdy patriots. who are dependsn
upon us. We sincerely trust that you vii