The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-23

Doubt That Organized Biscssmail WIN
Murder on the Side Is the Processes
Of Certain Pretended Patrfots -Yeseer.
days Victim Richest and Most Generous
OF His Race Here -supported Two
Observation-Disclosures Another Victim.
Hovhanes S. Tayshsnjian. the richest
Armenian in this country and a leader
among his people here, was murdered 40
he turned to enter his place OF business at
IS Union square shortly after 1 o'clock
tributed by Armenians 20 a society OF
b~lackmailers which recently caused the
murder Of the itinerant priest. Father
Caspsr vartarian. This time the individual
murderer was caught.
Mr.. Tavshanjian had had luncheon at
the Everett House and was returning 70
his rug store on the third floor Of the Csn-
fury Building, on the north side of Union
square. He had hardly left the hotel when
a little dark man wes seen TO scurry across
from the north sids ~ the park. TIT msr-
chant had got within three feet Of the
entrance to the Century Building whom
the little man ran up behind him and fred
a pistol at his back. T~avshanjian halted.
his legs began to bend beneath him and
he put his hand to ffe breast. The little man
ran back three feet. laughed shrieIingly
and fired cgain at his victims back. This
shot brought the merchant down and he
rolled heavily on the sidewalk.
A woman grabbed at the arm Of the
ASSASSIN as he ran eastward. A crowd
Joined the pursuit and pressed the muir
derer hard. He turned and fred a third
shot. II went wild. the crowd scattered and
the little man dashed on for Fourth ave-
nue. Before he could gain the corner the
crowd was on him and he fred twice again.
plainly aiming at the sidewalk. Robert
Brown, a young clerk. happened TO DO
very near and the last two bullets were in
t~ercepted on their way 10 the sidewalk
by the feshy part Of his right leg. He was
not seriously hurt.
A chase around into Fourth avenue, Q
.ussle with a motorman and a crowd Of
trench laborers. a scufie on the sidewalk
at Eighteenth street and Fourth avenue
and the little man was pinioned by two
traffic policemen and Detective Louis Well
Of the new station house in West Twentieth
street
He was dragged through a bowling.
clawing, perspiring mob to the station
house. His revolver. flung to the sidewalk
as he rounded the Everett House corner.
was picked up by the police. An an1sulanos
surgeon from the New York Hospital had
thousand persons to find hat death had
been instantaneous with the rug merchant.
whose body lay on the sidewalk wit,, the
sun beating down on It, women shrekipy
and even fainting on all sides and a throng.
out at the noon hour. tearing at each other
to get a close view. The body wa< finally
move TO the station house.
Arraigned at the desk In the new Twenti-
eth street station, the murderes hung his
head and looked like a schoolboy tina had
been caught playing truant. He gave his
name time and again. and the police got q
act of names for him that looked as II tbs
alphabet had been shufied and drawn
In time an interpreter in ths
person OF George Minassian. manager OF
the rug importing firm Of A. Karagheusian.
at Fourth avenue and Eighteenth street.
arrived and got from the prisoner his name.
1t is Bedros Ha-mpartzoOmian. "A Year, old.
He said As nearly as could be understood
that he lived at u Archer street. Chicago.
There is no such street.
In the shuttle the prisoner had lost his hat.
Several witnesses to the shooting saw him
with a hat. In the inside pocket Of his
coat was a small black cap such as train
engineers wear. IL Is the belief Of the
police that he threw away his hat and
planned TO don the cap as a disguise and
escape by way OF the subway. He was
heading for the downtown station at
Fl eighteenth street when caught.
Mr.. Minassian asked him why he had
killed TavshGnjian. The prisoner was not
laxative. He did finally say that he had
here from Chicago, having arrived
night before. Minassian was a friend
OF T~avshanjian and knew that an attempt
TO extort money from T~avshanjian had
been made by a clique Of Armenians under
he guise Of patriots. Mr.. Minassian knew
also that his own employer and many other
Armenians here had been approached
The lives OF these men had been
II they failed 10 give up money.
The question why he had slain the rug
was put 10 Hsmpartzoomian
m again. but his only. answer was q
smile and the hanging Of his head. Finally,
Nth q doorman and a plain clothes police