The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-16
ELECTRIC CHAIR
FOR HUkCHAK|ST
CONFESSION or JELALlAN, AR.
MENiAN iNFoRmER, LEADS
TO MORE ARRESTS.
MORE WEAPONS FOUND
Poison Daggcrs Stored at Assassins'
Headuuarters--Traces Of coun-
terfeitin9 Are Also
Discovered.

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New York, Aug. l5The arrest III
kissak Jelalfan as an accomplice IN
The murder Of Hovhanes Tavashan.
ian and his confession to District AT.
tptaey Jerome, was followed by amaz
ing revelations Of the Hunchakist
lecnspiracy. Raids made early in the
! morning on Information furnished BIZ
AJelaiian PLACED IA the possession ot
~ the police D. startling array OF murder.
] 4ols weapons and deadly poisons
which were awaiting use BY the band
! that has been terrorizing wealthy Ar.
iineniaDs.
= have evidence enough to send
ten men to the electric chair, was
the statement made by Deputy Police
Commissioner Woods to one of the
better class or Armenians. who has
been aiding the authorities in getting
TO the bottom of the far.reachinQ
plots Of the Hunchakist society.
While both the deputy commissioner
and the district attorney are keeping
their movements secret. it IS under I
stood they have reached d point that
insures the punishment Of the leadersl
Of the gang.
More Arrests in Sight.
District Attorney Jerome, Assistant
District Attorney Manley and Deputy
commissioner Woods were closeted
~ police headquarters with Jelalian
and three other Hunchakists who
rave been arrested ON information
by him. Jerome ANA Man.
ey arrived at headquarters in the II
liternoon and with the exception or
u internission for dinner they re-
NAMED IN continuous session with the '
lrisoners and an interpreter. *
sra On lsaSlng aSl ggs,iiSda ,aifiaaaaptshg N ths JtAc tAc
he AFFAIR
There is no doubt that a number
# new arrests will be made. II
More Weapons Found
Shortly before 5 O'Clock yesterday I
corning two Armenian resorts were
aided. One was the grocery store OF
etrog Ailipunerian at 3l7 East Forty
fth street. the other the restaurant
t Ella Kugoujian at 1877 East Twenty I
ixth street. The latter has been the /
eadouarters of the Hunchakists who a
ave had the hardihood to remain In In
he city since the arrest Of Fatherl
Iartouguessian, Ia
At the grocery store, hidden In the {
ellar under a pile of rubbish, they {
nund a collection OF weapons. An C
fficial list of the article seized is: lr
Two S-inch and one l0in dagger /
nth the points covered with prussic a
cid: three 2-ounce bottles OF prussic /
cid. three files coated with the acid /
n unloaded steel bomb, two 32-caliber {
eyoIvers. the same type Of weapon !
,sed In the murder of the rug mer- !
bant: bottle of poisoned bullets, bot |
lc of black sulphate of antimony, an ,
Explosive and also used in counterfeit !
ng: one wooden void. three time
uses. two vacuum tubes that would
.xplode with deadly effect. steel
.hisel lot of wires. notebooks and two
Fiendish Array.
THAT is one OF the most iiendish
collections have ever SEEN said
Inspector McCansrty. we are told
the dipping of daggers in poison is
favorite trick OF the Hunchakists.
man pricked with one of those dag
gers would be dead before he knew
what happened to him"
The Inspector also said the pres
ence Of the mold and the bottle OF an
timony suggested that the Huneha-
kiss was engaged in counterfeiting
In the grocery store the proprietor
could not be found. His brother, Bog
has. was taken in custody. The res
taurant keeper was also arrested.
These two and a man broitht on from
Boston. together with JJelalian, are
the men who had the conference with
the district attorney at headquarters.
Bedros Khachadorian. the murderer,
Was in the district attorneys Office
earlier in the day. but Il is said he Is
not yet ready to make a full con