 He also staged an inquiry into Iacob Melic's activity as a revolutionary architect, ordering him to pay back sums he owed to the city government of Bucharest and to "Clucer" Barbu Catargiu, and sequestering some of his assets.Lăcusteanu's attempt to arrest Melic's father-in-law, Hagi Nazaretian, was curbed by a riot of the local Armenians.Cantacuzino intended to make his status permanent by being recognized as Prince.