Edith Durham wrote that after Hasan Riza had supper with Essad, he was shot dead a few yards away from the house by two men disguised as women. Osman Bali and Mehmed Kavaja[2], both servants of Essad Pasha[3], boasted afterwards that they had done the deed. The town crier proclaimed that nothing was to be said about the murder, and Essad now took command.