Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-04
PAPERS SHOW PLOT BY SULTAN
Documents Prove Adana Massacre
Was Planned by Abdul Hamid.
PLAN TO MURDER DIPLOMATS
Arrangements Included General
Slaughter of Foreigners In Com
stantinOpIe-Thirteen Hung
by COurt-MartiaI.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, May 3.-Document
airy evidence has been discovered among
the records of the telegraph office here Of
the knowledg OF the Constantlnople authori.
ties that Inassacres had been planned fol
the Adana district and that they were tc
coincide with the political events here.
Other papers have been found indicating
also that the col,spirators at the palace
acted in the ~sultan's name in preparing
the military mutiny of April 10. Lists OF
houses with notes on the kind of loot to
be FOUND therein we're discovered on some
or the prisoners now in. custody. The ar
engagements included a general massacre of
foreigners in Constantinople. including the
diplomatic representatives. on April "a.
Thirteen civilians and soldiers, sentenced
by the military courts to death for murder,
were hanged in different parts of Con-
stantinople at 4 O'Clock this morning.
Major Youssef, his son and three other
men. who killed the Syrian deputy, Emir
Mohammed Arsls9, In front of the Plaza
building, were exeruted on the spot where
they committed the crime. Five others
were hanged at the entrance of the minis.
try Of war, and three men at the StambouI
end of Galata bridge. Upon the breast OF
each criminal had been pinned a large pla-
card in Turkish, setting forth the sentence
Of the court Around the foot OF the gibbets
on the bridge the early morning buying OF
fruits, flowers and vegetables proceeded
as usual, while the bodies were in full
sigh OF the great crowds that made their
way over the bridge between stamboul and
Galata.
The Turkish cabinet resigned today. The
nnlsff@a1 afF,,ueta. l. ha-g1ag-
one can tell what the outcome will be.
This latest ministry was organized April
&c. with Tewfk Pasha as grand vizier.
Ella Murderers Hanged.
Major Youssef was commandment of the
first battalion of the Seventh regiment.
Among the oncommissioned officers exc
cuted was Hamid Bin Yechar, a sergeant
in the Fourth battalion of the SaIoniki
Chausseurs. The men executed on Galata
bridge were guilty of the murder of Lieu
tenant Ellis.
Major Youssef was the man who. after
the murder Of Deputy Arslan, made his
way to the House of Parliament and In a
speech denounced the members for acting
against the laws OF the koran.
Mourad, editor of the newspaper Nazim,
is being tried by court-martia today.
A member of the court-martial read the
%sultan's firmin confirming the sentences at
each place Of execution, and priests
prayed with the condemned men for two
hours before their execution.
LATAkIA, Asiatic Turkey, Sunday, May
"A number of refugees who sought shell
ter here are today returning to Kessab.
They are accompanied by Rev. j, Nj. Balph,
NJ, D., a missionary of the Reformed Pres
byterisn church In the United States. The
government is distributing some food to
the refugees. .
AINTAB, Asiatic Turkey, Saturday, May
THE refugees in Aintab were moved to-
day TO sanitary camps outside the town.
ADANA, Asiatic Turkey, Sunday, May 2.
The governor general Of the villayet has
given Rev. William N. Chambers, a. mis-
sionary OF the American Board OF Com
missioners for Foreign Missions. a guard
to accompany him to Hsdytn.