Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-03-05
QUESTION TURKS
In Connection Murder
of Greek
Men Believed 20 Be Friends Of Miss
ING Turks Now Being Sought by
Soiiee-No Definite information
Obta ncd-M ordered Man Believed
70 Have Had at Least $500 With
Him

TIE case Of Gregor,os ElnIas. whose
..feiess remains were found Monday
afternoon n the cellar Of the house a
IS NH street. INTO which they had been
dragged or thrown on Sunday nigh
after lie had been Gathered ABOUT ,he
mead WIKI an Ike ,..t.i death Lad en-
sued, was productive yesterday OK but
:ew develo precrs. No Information OF l.
definite nature vas received rom She'-
4 Ea-wooG. who went on the MonJa
night Pullman 10 Massachusetts, III
search OF the two Turks, Sabre Has
san and Harry Dan. n the cellar OF
whose house the body Of ru.tas wa
found and WHO are suspected Of tire
crime. and nothing IN ne va OF IN
formation was secured from the two
tIrhs WHO were brought down from
Watervuie Mondav night and comni.;-
ted 70 henleoec al. These tvo Men
ara ABOUT .. 20 81 Years Of age anu
gaze he officers WHO toch them i'm"
custody tie names % Eera.r JIfer AMI
.A-rac Islam.
These Two men. who are u1coTrnuni-
cative and. n me opinion OF the a.
ti.oriles. are hiding whatever they MAY
know about the Fln-ls case behind d
cloak Of professed ignorance of the
English language, ara inclined 70 of-e"
he answer No understand % al
Questions asked then; relative 20 the
-vo Turks who are missing and FOR
whom. 4 search g being made. gut T.
= known .la. -t,a two IN ia.l are
trends Of The missing ones and that
o-t-
between Augusta and Wa,e-viIe IRE
1,ient.- within t:1e past few weeks. l.
s aacvn a,so that the man calling
himself Sabre Eassar,. the larger one
Of ne cvo for whom! the search IS be-
;ng made vas in Watervi.le last Sun
ia- afternoon preceding The night o.
he --lu-de- Whenever the four from
the Two ci-,es nave net hey hare mad
rn1cn . tax about. and there g a EEL
lrg among the authorizes thai perhaps
Tvfer and Tsia;u- nay N1ow much mora
about the killing Of Eintas :!:aa the
ara willing 70 admit.
Y IS now thought :Aa- The 1rfcr...-
nate Fvu-as rad much more nome
d5oc. his person ,:1an vas a. a-sc sur
-osed as Thomas F,.a-as u Waterv.fe.
/ 5NSIIfr OF ne HAL wv
came "a Augusta Monday evening. toll
RE officers and sGr1e % his Gree
friends that about 81. weeks ago he
rad given rs brother G-egor;os sor1e
$500 = keep for him. and this amount.
with .:e estimated amount that FIntas
vas supposed % nave n his none
ae,- which he Kept fastened aoouc his
BODY would make the total amount Of
none about him a. The tine re vas
killed. 20 Il IS believed. something Ike
sioN Nothing OF The nature - cash
or -a2e-s we're found On FuEtas' cod
az: ne orir articles u -a:.e found n
las clothing were Two inc ;ackA7!ves
\ new Development - he case o.
he murdered mar came 20 Light Tues
daE morning Wien the cody was BENZ
washed preparatory 80 beng prepare
for burial. n the discovery Of a third
wound on re head. Which was over
looked II ne da- mess Of he cellar o.
MI street soon after TIE BOD W.
found = ~, be -erem oe-ei that Nv,
wounds vera :ound. c-e on either side
of t.e head. and K vas though p-obabt.
that the ore on re -;ga- side % he
head xhe-a he axe had beer driven
INTO AMI through Re SKILL and INTO the
brain. vas he trs- one . be received
and which had rendered the victim
hel-.--s. and that the wound On tie
side Of lie aeAd had been received at
onward Tuesc;a-- morning. however.
he -erova, Of he -na,-ei hair and
c,o,-at blood rom Faaras' head re-
~ea.ee. a bird wound from the axe,
which wound vas Of a nature sniff
-ier. n .-seIf 20 have caused dealt.
tbs wound vas az the top ~ The head
4 little 70 lie -az- ard little toward
re left of me center ~ the head. All
me axe rad been driven with much ap-
ra-er- force for the entire width o.
IS blade through the soaps and th-oCs',
he skull and deep into the brain y
vas the opinion Of the medical exarir-
or YESTERDAY that this was tie wound
that caused death and that he blow
lad been struck from behind the victim.