A TURKISH TRAGEDY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 14, 16 January 1914, Page 3

A TURKISH TRAGEDY.

WORK OFSECRET SOCIETY.

[By Electric Telegraph—Coptrioht] I United Press .Association. I : Paris, January J 5. Client' Pasha, leader of the Turkish Redicals, upon whose life a young man yesterday made an attempt, was aware that ho was condemned to death at a secret meeting of Young Turks. He has been shadowed for some time by ten assassins, who were sent to Paris for that purpose. Until the last few days, the police had stationed two detectives outside Cherif's luxurious flat.

The first time the assassin called, Cherif was out, and yesterday, at nine o'clock, he was in his bath, and his valet refused the assassin an audience with Cherif. The assassin thereupon produced two revolvers, and fired two bullets at the valet's lungs, desperately wounding him, then wounded the chaffeur.

Cherif's wife, Princess Efninch, sister of the Grand Vizier, appeared while the assassin was refilling the revolvers. The murderer struck her with his fists and fired. The Princess, with great presence of mind, fell to the ground feigning death. The murderer, while running to Cherif's study, met Sali Bey (a son-in-law) who had jumped out of bed and rushed into the corridor in his pyjamas. Picking up a revolver, he exchanged shots with his assassin. Sali Bey, while failing to hit, escaped the assassin's fire. He ran to the Princess's bedroom, snatched her revolver, and shot the assassin in the, head.

Eighty cartridges were found in the murderer's pockets.