The Sun. — 1857-08-27 (London, England)

MURDER AND PIRACY IN CONSTANTI N OP LE.  The Presse d'Orient of the 15th gives the following account of a murder, which was recently committed at Constantinople :—"Salih Effendi, an officer in the Ottoman army, resided at TchatalKhan, and had in his service an Arab of Damascus who had been with him during the campaign in the Crimel, and in whom he placed confidence, although several friends had cautioned him that the man did not bear a good character. A few days ago the Arab called on Hussein Effendi, an intimate friend of Salih, and said that as his master had received orders to leave immediately, he would be glad to hare a sum of 5,000 piastres which Hussein owed him. The latter was rather astonished at the demand being made through the Arab, and to'd him that he would go and pay his master in person. While proceeding to the place where the Arab said his master would be found, be was surprised to meet the man leading a horse on which Salih'a effects were packed, and on being interrogated, the servant said that he was going to convey them to the house of a friend. This information increased the astonishment of Hussein, and he determined to watch the man, who finding that he was suspected unloaded the things before one of the houses be came to, and was about to take to flight, when Hussein laid hold of him, and gave him into the hands of the police. At the moment when the police took him the Arab exclaimed, I ought to have got rid of Hussein Effendi before I disposed of my master.' This remark excited still greater suspicion, and the same day it was discovered that the body of a murdered person, cut into pieces, had been discovered near the sea shore, and it turned out to be that of Salih Effendi. The Arab then confessed the whole affair. He had, he said, assassinated his master with the aid of an Armenian, and after cutting up the body with a razor, placed it in a sack whit's they confided to ano'her man to throw into the sea, for:which service he demanded and received the sum of 6,000 piastres. On reaching ledi-Koulle, he took the sack from the cat t and carried it to the waters edge and was about to throw it in, when seeing two persons approaching, he left it on the shore and made off. Hussein Effendi recognised the head as being that of his friend. The Armenian had since been arrested and the police are on the trace of the-other man." The same journal contains the following :—" A daring act of piracy was committed three evenings ago. One of the six-oared caiqs, which ply between Corm-Capon and ledi Koulle left the former place with 14 male and female passengers, among whom was a young Armenian who had with him a slim of 40,000 piastres. When at some distance on her way she was boarded by another boat, a part of the crew of which, jumping on board the caiq, demanded that the Armenian should be given up to them. In the struggle which took place, the caiq was upset, and all the passengers thrown into the water. The pirat-s, however, seized hold of the Armenian, got him into their own boat, and rowed off, leaving the others to their fate. Only three of them were able to reach the shore, all the rest being drowned. Several of the pirates have been since arrasted ; all are Turks, and they had divided the booty equally among them. The police lately captured 23 thieves who are stispected of being connected with the different robberies lately committed in the Tuikish capital."