Salt Lake Tribune | 1896-02-11 | Page 2 | Conspiracy Against Missionaries

Con conspiracy conspire spira cy against nissi missionaries on arles london feb IO 10 the constantinople correspondent of the dally daily news telegraphs to that paper turkeys plan to implicate the american missionaries in armenian affairs Is being steadily pursued an attempt has haa boon been made to orrest arrest mr air knapp one of the hardest working missionaries at ork on a charge or oc sedition and murder based on an accusation signed under coercion by some Armen armenians ians who wore were in jall jail mr knapp appealed to united states minister morrell Mc rrell who learned from consul hampson hampton Hamp Bon at moush that the chargo charge was wholly unfounded and was a mere pretext to drive mr knapp front from the country sir mr terrell insists that unless the charpe charge la is abandoned mr knapp shall bo be brought here and tried before him