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Show Greek's Search for Sister's Murderer and, threatened to kill his sweetheart unless she married him. Just then other paasersby frightened him away. A few minutes later he returned. Ha had a gun and fired The girl dropped dead, shot through the heart ...... "When I heard about the death of Flora I. vowed to devote the rest of my life to bringing him to justice," Houvourot said here. I had a good little business In Chicago and was making some money, and I had relatives rela-tives In West Virginia and Cleveland who helped me. I came to New York and to other cities where there were Greek colonies and. always asked people to let me know If they, heard anything about him. "In 11)18 I heard he was In New iYork. When I got there they drafted me Into the army at Hoboken and sent me to Camp Dlx. I told the captain of my company about it, and he used to let me have Saturdays and Sundays oft to look for Mavrogean In New York. Finally I found him running a fruit stand near the ferry house in Staten island and had him arrested. fThey turned him loose on ball and he disappeared. Now I've found him again, this time he'll be punished, I hope." CHICAGO. A seven years' search for the murderer of his sister ended when Peter Houvouros, restaurant res-taurant owner of 2535 North Kedzle avenue, Chicago, found George Mavrogean, Mavro-gean, twenty-four years old, in New lYork city, and caused hts arrest. The 'warrant was Issued In 1018. Seven years ago Houvouros' family lived in the mountain village of Trlppe, nine miles from Sparta, Greece. Mav-rogean's Mav-rogean's family were neighbors. In 1912 Mavrogean wanted to marry Houvouros' sister, Flora. The girl's family opposed the match and made arrangements to send her to America. The day before she was to leave her home &he was walking on a country road with a girl friend. Mavrogean bas confessed that be met the girls |