The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-09
he IS CAUGHT BY.
LONG arm OF Law
Greek Captured After 5000
Mile Chase TO Be Tried
AZ Salem, Mass.
MURDER THE CHARGE MADE
ACCUSED or KILLING A MAN.
WHOSE BODY. PIERCED ~ A
BULLET, WAS FOUND IN TRUNK
-ooo CASE.
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(American News service)
Salem, Mass. Nov. 9.-The truth OF
the old saying in regard to the long
reach OF the law il Illustrated In the
case Of vahan Nalbsndian. which is
TO b tried 1t the special session Of
the Essex County superior criminal
court called to convene here next Mon
day. Nalbandian, . native Of Greece.
was captured after . chase OF 5000
miles across the Atlantic ocean and
over Q large part OF Europe and re-
turned to Massachusetts, to stand trial
for the alleged murder Of Minas X.
Mcmillan, fellow countryman.
Nalbandian and Monjian lived to-
gsthsr IN . lodging house In Lynn. A
year ago last July Monjian's body was
fouQd In . trunk in his room with q
bullet through the heart He had
been dead for several days when
found. Nalbandian was missing. The
police allege that Monjian had several
hundred dollars. which also disappead.
Cd.
Nslbandian vas Indicted for first de:
gree murder and the search for him
began. The Lynn detectives traced
him 20 New YorlE, thence TO England.
and then through Germany. Only by
jumping from one city to another
didstho fugitive escape arrest In Ger.
many. On several occasion foreign
officials, acting through the instrruc.
tons from the American authorities.
were ready TO lay their hands on him
only 20 find that he had disappeared.
Nslbandian kept working south
through Europe. The police lost trace
Of him. and then relocated him in
Alexandria, Egypt Through an &C
Quaintance Of Chief Burckes OF the
lynn police. who had been In Alex.
anAIia, the chief got In communication
with mission priest In that city and
persuaded him 70 keep Lynn informed
q 70 Nalbaudian's movements.
The priest followed Nalbandian 60
eilistria, IN Bulgaria. Here Nalban-
dian evidently thought himself safe.
At the request Of Consul Harvey ct
Bucharest the fugitive was arrested
By the Bulgarian authorities and held
until the arrival Of two Lynn officers
who returned with him to Nassachu-
setts. The hunt for the fugitive 90
cupied eight months and extended
through many countries.
The evidence which the police have
against Nalbsudian ID almost entirely
eireumstantial. At one time during
their Investigation they were inclined
70 the opinion that the shooting was
accidental and that Nalbandian had
lied through fear. The men we're
friends. and had been see chatting
pleasantly shortly before the time the
sAooting - supposed to have occurred,
The bullet which killed Monjian waa
never found. Il was neither In hia
body nor In his room.
Nalbandia1 had Q good character In
Ivnn. The theory was at first sug'
oosts4 that the murder was the worh
q conc secret organization. This idea
was abaadoned, however, and the gen.
eral supposition u that robbery fur
A1shel the motive for the crime. But
even the latter theory 10 not support
q ~ some Of the facts In the case
- fAS - Nalba1dian u concerned. n
hae been learned that when he reach
a EUpG NalbaAdian vas psnnilesa
a11 borrowed . sum Of money from
tAe Dissioa father who was following
him.