The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-21
HUNCHAK|STS
BOMB FACTORY
DiscoVGRED---cIIcAGO MEMBER
or DEATH SOCIETY MAKES
FULL CONFESSION.
TOOK WIRE TO BOSTON,
When Ordered There BY Leaders
Fingers Blown OF While Expert
menting--chicaeo lnformer
Threatened By Order.

Chicago, Aug 2o.- Armenian
committee in Chicago, which votes
the death Of rich Armenians who re-
fuse to ccntribnte funds TO Arme e3ial
revolutionary societies and an expert
mental bomb factory fCr purposes of
ltlial' were discovered yesterday as
ltha result Of the detention BY the po-
lice OF Manoog Guraglah, member OF
I the organization.
The bomb factory is located in
Waukegan, according to the state
ments Of the Armenian. In signed
statement given to Lieutenant Rohan
land Detective Sergeants Howe and
Quinn he declared that he had been
sent east BY the New Hunchakist So
ciety for the purpose Of experimenting
with nitroglyccrin, wires and batter
les IL Worcester Mass. and other
Eastern cities,
Here Is Grragian's statement:
belonged to the OLD Hunchakist
Order from 1896 to 1900. Then | lift
shat order | became a member Of
the New Hunchakist Society in 1904,
bet | have not been identified with the
organization for the last two Years
In the spring Of 1904 received an or
der from the New Hunchakist Society
to go To Boston | had been praatic
ing with explosives intended for Us
III Turkey rt Var kegan While at.
tempting to strike mach against the
top cf a dynamite cap, the cap ex
Doded and blew off my fingers and
the end II my thumb.
When ordered TO Boston took
with me some wire batteries fuses
cans cte. did net have any nitric
acid nor nitroelycerin until reached
New York The aci,Is, etc, ! pit
ssiasa,l taefa r. I RENE nler correct Y
went to Worcester, Mass, where
reported to the committee, who were
going to sfnd me to Turkey to ex
pertinent with the explosives. but on
account of the fact that my finger
we're blown away it was thought that
would be too easy OF identification
there and came back to Chicago |
/ did not see Kissak Jelalian II he
vas in Chicago to take any orders |
from tho New Hunchakists. do not
know that he was here. ! am not ac.
tive as a member.
~, az, ,aaneifnp ~ NV tpinp to New /
York, Boston and Worcester ! shipped
one battery ahead of me for expert
mental purposes. This battery was
subsequently sent to 81 Main street
Worcester. Mass, where ! secured 1t
but | made no use of the explosives
Or the batteries there at that time.
rhe order of the New Hunchakists
holds national meetings at Boston on
January / and July 4 Of each year.
One of these meetings was held at
tchburg this year
The revelation of the existence OF
he local death voters came as
result of the recent murder Of the
'ich Armenian merchant, Tayasanjian
n New York,
Threaten Chicago Man.
The king" of the local Armeuians,
Ioe B. Jechian. is said to be the man
vho has revealed ;he interior work
ngs of the New Hunchakists. As
'esult his life has been threatened by
members of the order and he has
urned over several of these letters to
yhief Shlppy and asked for protee-
ion. The Hunchakists I'm West Pull
nan aud Waukegau are embittered
gainst the king" because Of his con
lection with one of the antiHuncha
dst societies and because they be-
ieye that he has Systematically been
.evealiag Armenian secrets to out
iiders
When seen last night Bziechian di 4 |
'ot seen To be alarmed by the threats
le had received According TO his
the threats sent out by |
he Hrnehakists do not reach the dan
.eI STAGE until the fourth OF red" let
er is sent out. II is customary. ac-
.ording TO his statement, for promi-
lent Armenians 90 receive three
blre" or ordinary letters written in
,iue or purple ink. These letters.
'ach stronger in its language than the
receding. call upon him for contribu-
Ions to the revolutionary funds or his
ife and property will be assailed.