New-York tribune., 1910-09-19
ARNEN|ANS TALK OF
STRIKE AGAINST GOD
friends of Martougesyan De-
n,and Return of Sx-ConvICt's
PrieStiy Office.
IINFROCKED PRIEST SPEAKS
s1ames Foes in Turkey for His
Dovufau After the Tavshan-
jian Murder Three
Years Ago.

Years Ago.
afte- rvo and a half years in Sing
e-4 Father Martougesyan. the Ar
-,srisn priest. IS ar liberty. But al the
-+ua that the man who was suspected
4. .ba Hunchakist troubles Of three
ago which eliminated in the
-.~sbari iian murder has been at work
- the prison sewing pockets and button
.oies ir7 vrsistcoats. his friends and
s,-7na+7izers have been waiting for him
:, 10 sprung as they say I'D at Police
--.sso7,a~rars Now that he is free
srsin. many Of them took occasion last
-ig,- n fndo-se him with 2 set Of reso-
r,,-i,ns and 90 denounce the people that
they believed sent him up the river
The black haired priest has plenty Of
.-auch adherenJs and hundreds of broth
e-s and because Of this the strike
e-sinst Cod as some Of the Armenians
csU =. VIII soon l,e instituted in New
York There are now in New England,
according 10 Father MartOugesyan. five
hundred Armenian children whose par
ents VIII allow no one TO baptize them
hJ- himself. Neither viii these fathers
erd mothers 20 10 church except 10
-l,aa- Na-tougesvan speak. II is from
his tongue and only his. he says. they
wish 10 hear the Word Of Cod But he is
An llrfrocked priest. for three years ago
Archbishop Saradjian received word
from Afekertich Eherimian that Mar
1ougesyan. on his den3z I'd. had been de-
graded
The Gay that this message was
flashed from the heart Of the Caucasus
great memorial service was held at
rhe Orthodox Armenian Holy Cross
church. IN West Hoboken. and DR.. NJ.
= Gabriel denounced the priest as q
beast ir clerical garb." But Martou-
gesvan's friends stuck
Martoueesyan Determined.
r. sat IN the Athens Hotel in West
4e6 street yesterday. with Miriam Sew
asy Boston lawyer. and James J.
Bosdan. VINO says he is a member OF
the International Society Of Anarchists.
with headquarters in Basle, Switzer-
lan6. TIE priest and ex-convicr seemed
10 be as determined as when he was
convicted. and his grim. piercing black
eyes gave the lie 10 MS quiet voice
y know thar I was victim Of the
SuItan's Vaccinations he said. in al
most perfect English. New York was
alive with Turkish spies. and the police
Of this rftv and Boston helped them
You don't believe il? Let me tell you
>onethiuE cne day NousheG Shahin.
Sarhfs Hovsepyan. Papagian. L Ash
gan. Sou-en Sourengen and A Kriko-
Gan were arrested and taken 10 the Mul-
aa--v street station house. They were
l.rororraplled and knocked about the
station l7ouse. and then put in cells At
-er -imc they were released viii
Tell YOU vhv that vas. Last year when
-he old regime was overturned in Tur-
r-r trs photographs were found in the
7i-- of the Secret Service. on the bot
-7r1 of each was the signature Of Com
missioner Wood. chief Of Police Watts
~ Boston vas 5n communication With
Rsrrf Pscha and the latter asked the
chief n send him photographs Of proTi-
rent Hurchakists in Boston"
Nz--orreSvan sat with folded hands
and - l771v reviewed the story Of the
Huu-hak1sr disorders that stirred New
York i'm 14n3 he still wears the garb Of
z priest. holding that he was wrongfully
expelled from his church. and that the
charges brought against him were false
Fe sa~z that br had been out of the
Hunrnakist Society = fun year when he
was condemned. and that the extorrion
Indictments were absurd. as he was only
collecting money 70 aid the Armenians.
Pressure from Turkey.
He further said that many of the mer-
chants who worked against him in his
trials contributed money freely until
pressure was brought TO bear upon them
from Turkey 10 cease. and to have him
-a7t m prison. CulIabi GuIbenkian, the
fIftn avenue rug merchant tAIartouges-
yan spells IL CTuIbangyanb wrote him, he
ssvs, that he had received a letter which
ne thought was from Il Turkish society
"Afrerward Culbsngyan said be
thought the Turkish Consul General
brought pressure 20 bear" said Father
WsrtouKesyan i would like 10 see
the consul general I would like to ask
him how those photographs found their
way % C0nstantinople.
The priest was released from Sing
sing or August -, but was almost i'm
1lecisteIv rearrested on three indict-
ufeuts similar 10 those for which he
was Imprisoned He SAYS that his enc
mics wished 70 have him continue in
prison. bur that Judge Malone dismissed
ne Ir5iotrn@uts on September {. in Part
III of tho supreme Court.
A mass meeting WAS held last night I'm
ihe Nurrsv Hin Lyceum. and Father
MarfouCeevsn told the Armenians and
I=rbs who happened 10 be present just
now To- stood in. the whole matter. Plain
clothes men were not noticeable in the
audience bur they were there, although
iaeg Fad no work m do. II WAS all as
'lieI as church Just after the priest
opped taking X was announced that
collection V.ouId be taken up for the
"rH.cniaus and most Of the American
.@e1 trothers fled quickly out After
'ara resolutions. introduced by Nj
Nf+asIv. were PASSED expressing conf
TEE REASON WHY
L0ra .-oafEuued rusiuess success