The Archive · 1896

How the Armentans Captured the Ottoman Bane

The following details of the seizure of \'the "Ottoman " Bank' in "Constantinople Twenty-five Armenians, sveli-dressed ud apparently educated men, entered the Bank about midday in groups of two-and three at a time, while porters introduced bags ostensibly containing bullion, but. which agually couiaived. bombs, "They sud den ily threw several bombs, and profited by the alarui which ensued to close the doors: of- the- Bank;~- taking -a—hundred-clerks prisoners, and they maintained the siege with' bombs and' revolvers for twelve hours.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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