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Show SULTAN'S BUTCHER KILLED. Notorious Ghani Hey Lo3es Ills Life In a llraivl. Constantinople, Dec. 24. Ghani Bey, the sultan's aide de camp, was murdered murder-ed by llafuz Pasha, in a quarrel which took place in a pastry cook's. Hafuz Pasha escaped, and is still at large. The official press bureau prohibits any mention of the affair in the newspapers. news-papers. It appears, however, that Ilafus Pasha, after a slight altercation, placed the muzzle of his revolver close to the head of Ghani Bey and fired. Ghani Bey died after a few hours of suffering. Ghani won the sultan's favor and promotion by committing numerous crimes. He was sent to restore order in Epirus after the Graeco-Turkish war. At the head of three hundred lawless companions he robbed, pillaged pillag-ed and murdered by wholesale until he was summoned home, only to be promoted pro-moted to a colonelcy. Then he continued con-tinued his iniquities here. He would enter a shop, draw a revolver and compel com-pel its owner to open his safe and give up the contents. |