The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-23
10 HUNCHAKISTS
MAY GO TO THE
ELECTRIC CHAIR
Confession of JelaIian, Arme.
nian Informer, Leads to
More Arrests.

New York, Aug. 20.-The arrest of
murder OF Hovhanes Tavshanjan and
mis- confession to District Attorney
Jerome, were followed by amazing rev.
=lations of the Hunchakist conspiracy.
Raids on information furnished by Jel-
allan placed in the possession of the
police q startling. array of murderous
weapons and deadly poisons which
we're awaiting use by the band that has
oeen ter1orizing wealthy Armenians.
Il have evidence enough to send ten
men to the elec:"ic chair, was the state
nent of Deputy Police Commissioner
Woods to one of the better class OF Ar
menians, who has been aiding the au
.horitics in getting to the bottom of
:he far-reaching plots of the auncha-
xist society. While both the deputy
commissioner and the district attorney
are keeping their movements secret. it
is understood they have reached
point that insures the punishment of
The leaders Of the gang.
More Arrests in Sight.
District Attorney Jerome, Assistant
District Attorney Manley and Deputy
police headquarters with Jealian and
three other Hunchaliists who have
been arrested on information fur
nished by him. Jerome and Manley
arrived at headquarters in the after
noon, and With the exception of an
intermission for dinner they remained
in continuous session with the pris-
oners and an interpreter.
ON leaving headquarters the dis
trict attorney said he could not dis
close the nature of the information
but added:
We are getting at the bottom OF
the affair."
There is no doubt that a number
of new arrests will be made. The
detectives are preparing to raid sew
eral resorts of the Hunchakist band
So important was one of the adms-
sions made by an Armenian, whose
evidence lead to the arrest of Jelaliar
that wnen Mr.. Jerome and Mr.. Manley
went to dinner they first paid visi,
to Roosevelt hospital. where the mar
is supposed to be Ill. The truth is
that he has gone to the hospital as q
refuge. His full statement was taker
to the hospital by the district attor-
ney.
Weapons Seized in Raid.
Petrosini and his detectives raided
two Armenian resorts at the instigatior
of Jelalian. One was the grocery
store of Setrog Allipunerian at 81
restaurant of Ella Kugoujian at l31
East Twenty-sixth street. The latter
has been the headquarters of the Hun
chakists who have had the hardihood
to remain in the city since the arrest
of Father Martouguessian.
At the grocery store, hidden in the
cellar under pile of rubbish. they
found collection of weapons. Also in
the restaurant they added to Their
booty: An official list of the articles
seized is:
Two s-inch and one 10-inch dagger
with the points covered with prussic
acid; three 2-ounce bottles of prussic
acid. three files coated with the acid
an unloaded steel bomb, two 32-calbel
revolvers, the same type Of weapon
used in the murder of the rug mer.
chant; bottle of poisoned bullets bot.
tie Of black sulphate of antimony, and
explosive and also used in counterfeit.
Ing; one wooden mold, three time fuses
two vacuum tubes that would explode
with deadly effect: steel chisel. lot OF