Word: mejardich
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...have waited for thee, but thou hast not come." Before a crude, hastily constructed wooden structure, he halted. Above the planking, blackly outlined against the grey dawn, dangled a loose rope. Around the platform stood silent native policemen, Syrian officials. They had gathered to witness the hanging of Mejardich Karayan, the 29-year-old Armenian assassin of U. S. Consul General J. Theodore Marriner (TIME...
Another American had also gone to Syria, naturalized Citizen Mejardich Kara-yan who thought the climate would be good for his health. Mejardich Karayan changed his mind, decided to go back to the U. S. When he applied for a visa, Consul General James Theodore Marriner approved it, had it mailed to Mejardich...
Karayan. But Karayan had meanwhile moved. He never received it. One morning last week as the consul general's car slowed to a stop outside his consulate, indignant Mejardich Karayan fired six quick shots from a doorway across the street, killing James Theodore Marriner. To police he explained that he had nothing against Mr. Marriner personally-the consul general just happened to arrive first at the consulate that morning...
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