New-York tribune., 1907-07-23
MURDERED IN UNION SO.
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man had been pointed out 10 MN tWo yea
in Boston and that he had never forgotten MS
face. :.
He firmly denied having any accomphces III
the crime saying Il am all alone ana no one
knew 1 was going to kill him. -
The prisoner, in the few hours following ms
arrest contradicted himself several times on I'M
portant points He insisted that the chicago
address he gave (No II Archer street, was cor
rect but later said he might be mistaken Inc
address he wrote down a piece of paper Inc
police here have asked the ChlcdSo poiIC9 ~ ~
operate with them
Coroner Hamburger joined Mr.. Manley dt the
station house and after ordering the boay taken
to the morgue for an immediate autopsy soI
the names of all the witnesses in the possession
of the police They will appear before him at
the inquest to-day
Lieutenant Arthur Carey, of the Central Office
who was assigned to take charge of the mysterl-
Gus murder of Father Kaspar was sent TO the
station house to handle this case for inspector
McCafferty and to try 10 connect the two one
report had it that Tavshanjian was murdered
because he informed the police concerning the
assassins of Father Kaspar.
The murder of the priest remains unsolVed
The itinerant Armenian found on the morn
ing OF May 26, smothered to death in a trunk.
his body strapped into bundle In a room In the
tenement house at No. 33S West SIth street
John Karanflian an Armenian, trustee Of the
Holy Cross Apostolic Church, in West Hoboken.
Identified the body
The movements of Lieutenant Carey at that
time We're watched by Armenians. II is said
he got much information from Tavshanjian.
At Tavshanjia place of business his mana
ger. Stephan Redding. said: Yes, know my
employer had been receiving threatening letters
for more than a year but what their contents
who they were signed by cannot say
for think Mr. Tavshanjian destroyed them.
Tavshaujian was the representative or the
Persian government to the Worlds Fair III 81
Louis He lived No 15S West 12d street Wheh
IN town. but had a place at Deal Beach, where
his widow an invalid, and two children, aged
three and five years. live
He was born in Harpoot. Asia Minor, ffty-two
years ago. Twenty-six years ago ne came 10
this country and became one Of the pioneers IN
the Oriental rug importing business. lie pros
pered and then invested in real estate. one OF his
recent investments being the Euclid Building, at
No. 564 To SOS Fifth avenue paying in the
neighborhood OF 100000 cash for the property
\ conservative estimate Of the fortune "hlch
he leaves places the figure at S1.500000. He IS
said 10 have been one OF the most prominent Ar
menIans In this country and had always been
a liberal giver to all charities and movements
in tho interests of his compatriots-
OF late years he withdrew his support from all
revoutionists. but gave money freely 10 uplift
his countrymen and teach them that law and
order the better way to obtain their ends
He elder in the Church Of the Holy
Cross orthodox Armenian, in West Hoboken OF
which Bishop Carajian is the head. and with
which Father Kaspar was connected
About six syearS ago Mr.. Tavshanjian went 70
Consta autiuople and married
Frank r. Davis. lawyer. Of No. II Wall street
said last night that Tavshautian was one OF the
heaviest creditors of the recently failed firm OF
Garzouzi Brothers. in Union Square.
so far l know from business associations
with the dead mar he did not have an enemy in
the world. Inquiry among the Syrians l am ac-
quainted with this afternoon failed 20 give me
any Information concerning the assassin"
ARMENIANs TERRIFIED
The wealthy Armenians Of greater New York
and particularly those whose lives and families
have been threatened by the society 10 which
the prisoner is said to belong, taking every
preCaution against the invasion OF their homes
by persons of evil intent. In several instances
special watchmen patrol the vicinity Of their
homes. and after the hour at which the families
retire strangers are not allowed To enter the
houses until they have satisfied She watchmen
or special policemen 10 their identity and the
mission on which they have called
An Armenian merchant in speaking of the
Huntchakist last night, said. II would not dare
let YOU use my name but for two years have
known of the existence OF. such an Orgauiza-
tion. Many persons of my acquaintance have
told me about receiving letters demanding
money from the officials and members of this
society.
According to all that have been able 10
learn. the society. which is secret. aims at
establishing the freedom OF my Country-Ar-
menia Under the Turkish rule we have been
downtroddeu for generations and there is and
has been i persistent effort on the part of thou
sands of my countrymen To rise and overthrow
the rule OF the Sultan.
Whether or not the avowed aims of the
society are its real ones I am unable to state of
course. but even if they were. many of the
better class Of Armenians in this country would
have nothing to do with any such organiza-
tion and IT would he forced. If II intended 10
maintain its existence, TO obtain money how and
where ii might
Demands have been made. I know. I have
known men who have been ordered TO pay sums
through one Of its members designated by the
letter making the demand.
ONLY RICHEST CALLED UPON.
only the richest and most prominent OF the
members of the Armenian colony in this country
and England have been called upon to con-
tribute money to this society. Bishop Sarajian.
in charge of the Armenian churches in this coun-
try. has been several times threatened by men,
Of this society because of his failure TO con-
tribute funds.
Whether or not the man murdered TODAY had
received any such demands for money / cannot
say, l do not know him we'll enough 10 have
been in his confidence in such matters But the
statement attributed to the assailant by the
afternoon papers leads me to think that he has
had the same experience as the rest of us
THE society is absolutely without backing
among the better classes of Armenians both
here and at home. They do not approve of its
methods. although they may sympathize with
its avowed aims, and most of them probably do
1t is composed of the most turbulent elements
in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS men who have been
driven out of the country by either the Turkish
authorities or by the public sentiment of their
own homes. They will be heard from in a sin
lister fashion before the police of this country