The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-12-16
FATE Of DEPOSED
REMAINS MYSTERY
WHEREABOUTS OF ABDUL HAM,
I'D PUZZLE TO ALL EURO
PEAN NATIONS.
MAY HAVE ESCAPED
Abdul Hamid, Who Bathed Empire in
Blood, Drops Completely
From Sight.

London, Eng. = What has be-
come of the deposed Sultan Abdul
Hamid, who for 80 years deluged his
empire with blood, kept 100000 spies
20 betray their fellow citizens, trick
ed the diplomats of Europe and
shocked the world by his sensuality
and his crimes? is the question posed
by Turkish correspondent of the
Westminster Gazette. He continues
to interrogate as follows:
| Has he been quietly put out of
existence?
Has he escaped from his prison?
Is he secretly directing the gov
eminent from Constantinople, or is
he in hiding in some other part of
world-in America, for instance?
Certainly the ex-sultan is no Ion
ger living at the Villa Allatini, Salo-
nika, which was set apart for him as
q residence prison, writes CASTOR
Taillefer, in an American paper.
He was sent there on April q,
about by the Young Turk party, was
finally completed, and the Sultan
Rashad assembled the throne.
Adults suite, allowed him in his
prison, was composed as follows:
Three sultanas, or full wives; five
halfas, or lady housekeepers, privil-
eyed to go out of the harem; two
prince, his daughter and nine serv-
ants. This really gave him the mod
est allowance of II wives.
Determined to ascertain the truth,
if possible, l made a journey to Sa-
'Onika, where | have long had
friends. One of these occupies, for
:unately, house on the road to
! Villa Allatini, and l was Immediately
invited to stay there. l told my host
wished to see the eX-Sultan.
But you can not see him." said
my friend, because he is not there. )"
mot there!" l exclaimed But
where is hep
Il do not know where he is. All l
know is that he is not in Salonika."
Pursuing the mystery further l.
found at last a Macedonian politi-
cldu Ol great popularity WIN "do
more communicative with me.
EDO you not remember how the la
dies of the harem went away some
months ago on the pretext that a
| daughter of the sultan was to be
married." he said. well, there was
no wedding. They went away by
night We saw 3 of these women go
out of the villa, although we knew
that only II women came in origin
ally. One of the 13 stopped very
much, had a long, hooked nose, and
walked with tottering step. We
believe that was the sultan.
Il have close relations here with the
shOpkeepers and others able to learn
the facts. l know no provisions are
delivered at the Villa Allatini since
that night departure. l know that
three days afterward the German Bank
handed over the great sum of money
belonging TO the sultan he had on de-
post, and which they had always
refused to hand over without the sui
| tan's signature. He had said he would
sooner die than give his signature.
Yet he gave it. That sum Of money
was the price the sultan paid in order
| to be removed from Salonika to Con-
stantinOple, or wherever he wanted
to CO."
Here then at last was a plausible
explanation of the mystery The wick
ed old sultan sneaked away in the
clothes Of poor woman who had
been his wife and slave for years. He
paid the government for the privilege.
Just where Abdul Hamid is and what
he is doing is, therefore, mystery,
and is likely to remain one until he
is exhibited to the public again, dead
| or alive.
Meanwhile many incidents occur to
remind the newly organized Turkish
people of the peculiarities of their late
ruler girl named Josefa Schneider
has brought suit against the doctors
of the Italian hospital for i'll treating
her during the reign of Abdul Hamid
From this case it appears that the
sultan's favOrite daughter was suffer
dicitis, and the European doctors ad
vised him that an operation was nee
essary to save her life. The sultan in,
CURED about the nature of the opera
ton and was shocked at the idea of
having his daughter cut open.
SHOW me first" he said, that you
can do this without killing person
and | may let you operate on my
daughter. If you cure her | will pay
| you any price you ask"
The doctors Immediately seized the
| first helpless person they met. 1t hap
pened to be the girl Schneider, who
was leaving the hospital after recover
| ing from minor ailment In spite of
her Outcries they showed her in a car
riage and carried her off to the i'm
perial palace. An operation room was
| prepared there, and they removed the
girls appendix under the eyes of the
sultan, who watched the process with
close attention. She recovered quick
! ly, and then the sultan allowed the
operation to be performed on his