ASSASSIN

a murderer, hired OP otherwise; particularly the prec of e) @ public person. The name is erived from a secret society of murderers founded in Persia, in 1090, by Ha an ben Sabbah, who seized the fortre of Alamut, where he established the order, making the Sheikh el-Jebel (‘old man of the mountain’) the ruler-in-chief. The fedais, who were those appointed to carry out the murders, were first intoxicated with a narcotic preparation made from hemp (hashish). From Persia branches of the Order of A a ins spread into Syria and Asia Minor, and for two cents. continued their operations. The Crusaders became acquainted with its terrors, and among its most distinguished victims were Conrad of Montserrat and Count Raymond of Tripoli. ITI., and Darius III. of Persia were murdered; as were Julius Cxsar, the emperors Caligula and Domitian, Edward II. and Edward V. of England, James I. and James III. of Scotland, Henry III. and Henry IV. of France. Notable a a inations in 19th and 20th cents. are those of Tsars of Ru ia 1801 and 1881); U.S. presidents Lincoln 1865), Garfield (1881), McKinley 1901); Fr. president Carnot (1894); g Humbert of Italy (1900); Alexander I. of Serbia (1903); and Crown Prince of Portugal (1908); King of Greece (1913). Recent a a inations are those of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir-apparent of Austria (1914); Jean Jaurés, French Socialist (1914); Count Stuergkh, Austrian preae ps a Ferien a, een ‘amily; Count Tisza, Hungarian premier (1918); President Sidonio Paes, Portugal (1918); Rosa Luxemburg and ‘Karl Liebknecht (1919); Herr Nisner, _ president Bavarian republic (1919); xen. Henry W. Wilson_ (1922); Dr. Walter Rathenau (1922); Djemal Pasha (1922); and Michael Collins (1922).