Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-02-09
ABDUL The TlMID.
The Crafty Turkish oe~ot Wore
a Crown Of Terror.
his PALACE LIKE A PRISON.
v,isia q PIES. - Mys..-y, va. ~.
p-cScet'en ans sAs Aseie - Fear
Uneeee-asie-his c-saS % Assassi-
nssisn ara HE hsree- 81 Ire oarA.

prcSretsen a.s sAe AseSe - Fear
GeSete-asie-Ais c-saS % Assassi-
natis. ara HE keree- ~ ire oArk.
For loss yean Abdul Hand had
hNen hsu1oed and sarnsereeS. ey the
nightmare a death Ii every shadow
vast pover cccid not ArinS him one
monea: oc Seace and ha rrh.esS No.
Sce cce momeat was Turkeys mon
areA 1t casa
Year by year his fears hsd beer
gecwtoe upan Am He hsd q .e.ror
IL tie dark At nteht ylld.z always
Sasset With liehtx HIS Aeep tsd De-
eons reless. and BE would waken
Ae The a,.SAfe<. A,ure Sometimes he
woa,c cone out Of his sleep with =
start frightened by . nightmare. aad
TIA; wocld mean houS OF waSefui-
neaA At such times be would ind the
solitude cf hts rom uuheara he. aud
- would seod for s scrcerer who
would explain the trean, CT sfare.
Who would Rad % him ron one Of
his favufi.e books. those giving de
tailed accounts Of ASSASSIN atio,ls, exc
eu:ioas and o,he. horrors
He VISA always armed. his Clothes
were lined with enormous pockets,
which served him both as a-senais
And archives and bulsed with pistols
and r,t.s Of sptes reports
Everybody At Iilitf was af7aii Of
being shot by him He was likely TO
drs =: The siishtes, acton tha. might
aeem 30 him suspicious. There is =
story tina. one day a gardener working
in the park q Yildir, On seeine the
suitAE approach. rose quickly from a
fal attitude Abdul Haui.d. startled
B! his sudden appearance sid suspect.
NJ soMs st!i nosYs At once dred a.
lini The man fe46esc Later. as no
Weapon was found On -tis hodS. It hsd
e be Acknowledged that elrnde.
had been conNitted Such IL the tale
tcld by the 500 4 tbs lAte Prince Of
4anos. Who W. one OF the sultan $
n.aesen s =
iYndiz sesce Of Aaumetahe horrors,
lad s<en hJsi. hy Ahdal Han,id Kim
sRi, and he had made II nbre nse q
lAbyrtptA thai q palsne i HeS the
ucauetap9 and sae sp1eot fear unit
tesable. Surely no ssde mind planned
It 70 guard against oAnsaEatoss get
,ins p,as Of his se.sdiee its masses
vas continually chsnen III interna,
smnS vAuins aHsdeors, open.
tts l4ew ones narrowing passa ses d
yadinG rooms by partitions, making
windows and closirS them again. II
was constantly SAangins maze
To >rere himself the danger e1 cross.
ilg the srsve3ed path TIA, separated
bis apartments from his harem he had
linked his residence by flying bridges
T. the harem on the one side and b.
the imperial theatr On the other Thu
theates was = Ssoomy little plaee.
wAAe The monarch would Git entirely
hidden ffsm ~tsw in his box while &C
/ tfesses and singers from Paris and
other European cities entertained him.
BE never came into view. never ap-
psauoed and The visible audience con-
ssted Of few menb en OF his family.
The building used BY Abdul Hanid
a his private residence looked more
Ike prison. for all the lower win.
dpws were securely barred and the
heayy, iron doors were Of great
strength ana capable Of being firmly
hbiteA Inside.
Every room In the palace was pro.
vtded with a couch on which the sui.
tn could sleep II he felt inclined. No
bo6S-4eSax-.k naE- ln4- what Reom -
would sleep on any given night Be.
fore retiring TO rest he would some
! times call his attendants and say to
them Keep good lookout, am
going TO sleep tonight IN this room. y
But he would Invariably sleep some
where else
On tAs roof Of the imperial apart
ments Has an Astronomical observa-
tory which had been fitted up With an
! exceedingly good telescope By Pa
! hsiau dfu. This observatory vas a
I favoHte place with the sultan. yet he
took not the slightest interest II as
tronomy The telescope vas there to
serve his own purpose OF espionage.
for he used 1t almost exclusively 70,
the purpose Of watching the residence
OF Prince Yusuf Izzedin. eldest son Of
Abdul Aziz and heir presumptive to
the throne. It's glass was never turn
ed upon the heavens.
But sometimes from his lonely look
out the monarch saw stranger things
than the residence Of Prince Yusuf,
thiags that no other human being had
ever dreamed Of There were times
when his morbid Imagination played
curious prnnks with him.
II Was on the day following an at
tempt upon his life by one All Souavi
and revolt at Teheragan, both OF
which incidents greatly upset him,
that Abdul Hamid hurried down from
his observatory with a Wild look in his
| eyes and called his first secretary. who
! at that tine was All Fuad Bey. BE
! led the secretary to window. and,
pointing TO the sublime porte some
miles away. he said. trembling with
I fear
did yen see them: They haze met
F, ponder 70 proclaim my DOWNFALL s.
WhoY asked the startled secretary.
MY minister's" exclaimed the SUI
Z, tan ..Ay own ministers are now IN
] the at, Of gdethroning me. Cant you
! see them ?es<s
This statemen, was quite uafouaded,
and 1t was long time before the sec
Rotary could calm his fri4Mtned MS
hilsdeRha sLdea6.s ! ySs