The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-10-21
TURKISH ATROCITIES.
Deyfroyiug Cter One Thousand Per-
Seas Ia Church.
tFr1'a the London rimcs.l

ltrJin The AOusiOn fimcs-l
The next par. If the repof. deals
y ith tuc case OF BaFak --"the .nus,
fearful tragedy that happened during
the whole instruction"
The MsdJiis OF Tartar Bsz4fjiil, hear- I
lag that preparations for Fevol. were
going nh 10 this village, or.eiesi
Aghmtt Ayha uf Dtspat IL attack ~,
aud this individual, having j1iue,i h
forces wi.bithoac 81 Mnhammed Agha
ID. Dorkpya, proceeded u GarrY ou
lhesc cd Us. GA arriving nt tbc Nt.-
iaRe BE- summoned tue inhetits4,~ iva
give ~ their arms, which, "a JtaF
Aius. tAey refused 70 Do Il.
aud 'iesI.'ury hghr guccgsdeG, wtiieb
lasted two dave, harbiy aBy loS4 ae-
ing inllic;ei on either side.
On tie "tb az May the iuhabltaiHe,
seeing that things were gu,rg t2d!y
with them, and that 10 aii came tTna
without, hEI pufley with .tchmut,
who su.cmuly sWpre Jhal If they outs
gave up their arms MT "a hair al t.ielr
heads should be touched. \ eertala
rumbes Of the inhabitants. luckily i3-
them, took advantage Of this p2fieg "a
MAKE their escape.
The vIilngers believed Achmet's cath
and Surrendered their ara-, gat tliS
demand was followed ~ one fuf a.
she money ia the village, Whic;s, as
course lad also to BE- Gcce,!st to. No
sooner was the money given W tisu
tie E&shi Baz0nks set upon he people
and slaughtered Them Ike si,s q
y large number OF psnple, probably
about che thousand ~ tWelve hsuics'',
touk refuge Ia the church uud church.
yard, tie latter BEING surrounded by il
vail. Tie church ITSELF Is seiid
building. sud resisted al The attempts
oi the Eashi Bazouks 10 barn IL FROM
the outside; they consequently fied
IN through the windows. aGd getting
upon the roof, tore % tae tiles ald
threw burning pieces 81 wood aud
rags dipped ia petroleum among ts=
mass at unhappy human teiugs iA-
Side. AZ last the door vas forced in,
tbe inassacfe completed, and the luaiic
OF the church burnt. Hardly any
escaped Out Of thesC fatal walls.
Tlle only survivor could Eud wa
one old woman, who aloGe remained
oat OF - family OF seven. Wben .hc
door wRs broken in aud Sic Was *
peciiag immediate death, Turk tsak
her by the hauc, and saying, II ouIe.
old wnman, san uot going to iHsf
yoa, - led her away add sasad her i.fP.
lbs spectacle which the church au,l
eburchyRTd presented NEST he seea to
be described hardly a corpse has beet.
. buried; where IA man fell there tie poW
ies, ANA it ia wiki difficulty that ans.
picks ones way 20 the deer pf Tie
church. the entrance @. which r. barred
by = CHASTITY eOrpsa stretched aerss-
the thresbnld. visited this valley uf
the shadoW Of death oa tla 3lst q;
July, more than two moths ard a
half after the massacTe, but sf5ii The
stencil wAs 80 oVerp1w eriac that eHs
could hardly force etie's way inse the
churchyard.
Ia Tue streets at every slcp iey'tG-
man remains, rertiug und s~eisegips
in tire summer suD--herp a skuii ~ an
ola woman. win the grey hair Sill at
taehsd 20 IL; there tue false Tess Of
some unhappy girl, siashesi ia bait 10
a yalagtIssI, glie AeaG which 10 adorned
having probably been carried oil ~ i's.
deYuured ~ some % tb- dogs, who up
10 this have been the oaly sciVengers.
Just uut-iIe he village o1auted mvre
ti.aa sixty ssul!s Ia lAile hpiin0 ,an,i
Il vas evtdent from tberr appearance
tiiaL Denriy all 81 iheEl hal neeu sew
cred fr0iH tbe t'ocies ;iy axes aud yuta-
Z ga..t- From the remains IT female
wssring apparel scattered ahont, il i
plain thst nias.y of tBe persons here
-. .ssaeI ed were wGissen.
/. u 90 u faxed, al-u, that sGs,e OF
Z tie richer Villagers wer. subjected ip
nruel iurtnres bef0e~ being put 20
death. Ia hopes that they would reveal
he existence ~ hiild "a trsa-uie. Tpas
Pviro i'Flaniaghy ii0s aud Pope NeiIo
were roas ed, and 5loyah Stcsehon
had bis esTs, nose, Anad- aud feet ruI
or Enough, stlEk. hEs beeh ssii
I 10 show that Acianset Agha and lIi,
men belongs the DISTRACTION ct having
eoinWitted, pefk=Iq, the most heiaOu-
crime ihat has stained the history ~
the preseat century ,Sina sSshih alone,
Should SAT, having 'iValed ahsir dsFas.
I As TegaFGs tise number of Killed. have
Z b. fore stated tilat ah1at five thousand
Z IL aIy estimate. | am aware that
( Others place IL higher, tn. le this rs II
may, whether The slain are Co IL
counted by haadreds or Is thousands
does not iesse.s IN the least Tia cTi,ni
Bality of the slaye.s. The Intention
1 Was TO eYteriainate All except those
fey girls tproba0iy about eikhtyGw mons
: they carried OH Ia ss;isfy their lYfIs
Z Those that escaped owed their ses y
! To- their own good fortune, aud hot &,
I tie tender Inereies of their neighbol-