Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-10-06
EVENING STAR.
Mr.. schuyIer's RepOrl


rHk HORRORS WITNESSED BY AN AxrRr
CAN IN BULGARIA.
SotS,sey WA RsEssida Rriace-Tae Coz ..
~ oreen stih Human ReBsasas -Tae Oa1
1feosmeTd of Women and Chlsfrra
The London Telegraph OF sente,,ha, ,,,n
pr,ns ne report made by Mr.. Eugene
senuyier, secretary OF legation ana coasul.
SIa M % e .ne United states ~ Constantino.
OF the Russian embassy of that CITY. efvins
the details OF their recent Journey amid tns
scenes OF Turkish strocity In Bulgaria. rney
The village OF BovardJlk was bombarsss
pfllaged, and then burned, only because the
into their village the Bashi Bszoufs Wse
accompanied the Caimacem, ~ whose hands
they bad already suffered greatly. The In
came TO meet Chefkei Psshs and laid d dosn,
their arms; but the Pasha sent them back,
telling them 10 defend themselves and or
layers ran aTsy In All Sirectsons witn WI,
The least resistance, and were massacred
during their flight. The Official number OF
she victims Is l.o, OF whom two were priests,
eight women, and eight children. We saw
human bodies and skulls In the fields, and
ascertained the fact that only tive At v houses
Iemsined In this village, and that the school
ara cnurch were destroyed afterward-this
last, which was built or hard stone not With
out much trouble. Several heads were
S eUusnt 20 ampnli, among Others by an Of
ncial named Handlt- Moulassim. Tnree hea IA
were thrown INTO tue street before the hon 81
o: the consular agent OF Italy Al Bureos Ne
himself told MS this fact
Conducted oy a certain Pope Harlton who
5 peIleved TO De an ex priest, this ba nd tried
u get TO the Balkans, out was pursued by
the regular troops and the Mussulman vii
Isgers, and on May IL took refuge In the
monastery OF the Archangel Michaei. near
Drepova, where IL was surrounded On
oelng summoned To surrender, the insur-
gents demanded twenty-four hours TO state
their complaints, but this was refused them
Spd on the arrival or Fazly Pasha from
Shumla, With two cannons, the monastery
Was oombarded. Under cover OF the nigat
and OF q heavy fall OF snow, part OF the In.
surgents escaped. At break of day SEVENTH
nve went without arms and with q white
by order OF the Pashs mmanding, in the
most cruel manner. Some were cut tn
pieces, others had their limbs cut of. or long
strips OF flesh torn from their bodies and
others were disembowelIed. Ga arriving at
the monastery the troops killed there the
mother OF the prior, an old woman OF eighty.
The pillage was begun by the regular troops
and continued by the Bashi Bazouks for atty
days.
In the village Of Musluk- HodJa the church
was pillaged and desscrated. Ia this place
four.
by Saadulian Efiendi. Of Selvi. On May 2I
these troops burned and sacked the village
OF Selo, and killed 6s1 persons, $50 OF whom
14o persons were killed In the village itself.
the rest In the mountains and near kalafer,
where they were massscred by the band or
rlyk). The majority Of the victims were
OLD men, innrm people, and, children who
were unable TO save themselves. A child OF
killed and thrown upon q burning roof KoIe
lodorof before being killed had his hands
cut on. We saw at Gabroya little girl IS
yatagan. The dead bodies were mutilated.
ABOUT 100 young girls and women were vio-
lated, and some were kept several days In
Trinity, Nova Seio, where there We're I,
nuns, the Bashi Bazouks massacrei one or
the nuns a. the gate and five others and the
hands cut of. The bodies were stripped ana
burned In the church. We found among the
ruins shreds OF the clothes OF the victims and
seven nuns and the father OF one OF them ana
the priest were killed In the same convent
some OF the nuns were repeatedly violated,
ana Two OF them were kept for some days In
Among the acts OF cruelty committed in
these villages we limit ourselves ID men
a W the massacre OF thirteen shepherds
az kravenik, who were seized by the men of
HadJi Ibrahtm. OF Oftchular, hal their
hands tied, and were killed py sabre cuts.
The only one who escaped did so with the
loss OF an ear. He gave us the details OF
this affair. At Bitoshevo an old man named
Kole Ratchet, was thrown alive into the
names. Some days before our arrival NJ
SchIpka 5000 sheaves OF wheat were stolen
from this village by the neigh oOring Turks,
but here also the suthoritie remain in their
ipaction. Near Ohsuly, q village bstween
kazanlyk and Tevi Gagra, more than two
hunored women and girls, VINO had CONS
about the middle OF June from the other
side OF Balkans TO gather the haryest-on
the lorna. assurance Of the vail OF Adrian.
ople that they would run no risk-wsre at
tackled by the Turks OF this village. Two OF
the Musselman guardians who accom- panied
them were seriously wounded, as well as
severai OF the young girls, thirty OF whom
were violated.