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Show H ifiiUuLLivi bWiUD Murder3 Fifty Armenians at Altliissar. MANY WERE WOOTDED. The Trial of Theodore Durrant For the Murder of Blanche Lamont Goes Over TJntil Monday Next When, Ob. When, Will the End OomeP " London, Oct, 15. A dispatch from Constantinople to the Daily News says: "Reliable news has been received here that fifty Armenians were killed and a number wounded at Althiesar, in the vallayet of Adin, on the Anatolian Anato-lian railway, by a Moslem mob. "The slaughter occuried on October 9tb, which was market day, when many Armenians bad gathered from adjacent villages. Early in the morning morn-ing a Turkish rough, finding that the Armenians were not armed, picked a quarrel andshovone of them. There was then raised on all sides the cry, 4 vVhy hesitate to massacre tbe infi-delt?' infi-delt?' "A mob of Turks armed with revolvers re-volvers then looted the market and massacred the helpless Armenians. Their bodies were thrown into the wells. It is stated that the mudir was responsible for the attack. The women and children wero uninjured, probably on account of the arrival of the Mai-maikan Mai-maikan from tbe village of Gieye, three miles distant, who made valiant efforts at the risk of his own life to save the christians. Otherwise the slaughter would have been complete. The panic is reviving in Constantinople, Constantino-ple, on account of this attack, and the At memans are again flocking into the churches. Tho police disiegard the safe conduct cards given to the Armenians Arme-nians by the foreign embassies, and they insult and maltreat the holders of them." The Constantinople correspondent of the Standard blames the Armenian revolutionary committee for forcing the Armenians to close their shops and to maintain the appearance of a Dame, when the Armenians themselves were ready to resume business. "I visited the prison," the correspondent corres-pondent says, "and questioned the prieoners, and found there were no serious complaints against the police. The inspecting commission sent a list ot fifty-six prisoners for.JU.npJ" while I was tbere. The revolutionary leaders are responsible for the continu ance of the deadlock." nUKBANT'S CASE. San Fbancibco, Oct. 1 The trial of Theordore Durraut was today continued contin-ued until next Monday on account ol tbe illness of Attorney Deuprey, leading lead-ing counsel of the defense. While the prosecution mado no objection to tne motion to continue the trial, Judge Murphy was very reluctant about giving giv-ing his consent, and announced that the trial would be resumed next Monday Mon-day whether Mr. Deuprey should have recovered in the meantime or not. Mr. Peuprey is suffering from a severe attack at-tack of rheumatism, which has made it impossible for him to attend tbe trial for several days, but bis physicians believe be-lieve he will be able to resume his duties next week. |