The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-16
Selling Young Girls In Turkey.

years OSN WIS POOa1NSy 0ONs sssS
Of . mosque situated In the
heart Of Galata, and through which
hundreds Of persons hourly pass. 1t
l,ss since trxnspired that two female
children are missing from their homes
having pr.hably been kidnapped BY
dealers In human flesh.
A short while lack wretclled girl
escaped from the harem In which she
was confined, aud carried her sscrt-
flccd and bleeding shoulders to the
nearest police station, where 1t was
proved that she had been stolen by =
Circassiau during the refugee panic
and traded away for . few pounds t0
an exceptionally brutal mistress, and
the authorities ut Salonlca quite re-
Gently rescued four young negressee
from . caique, just on the point OF
landing them. These unhappy bc-
ings, who were lying In the lr,ttom
ri the boat, declared they had belong
cd to q marty Of ten; that aftera q years
captivity at q port Of the Nile had
been brought BY the dealers on beard
a cosssinG schooner and craMn'ed,
half naked, into q small, stifl.nS cab
In In which they had tO be packet 20
close together that they we're half
lied ON top Of each other.
After enduring the hOrrOys Of t''at
,n-sage they were snl,.ggled ut night
iutO the bark ~ desert I'D, but they
could give no information relative to
their six companions, who are DOUBT
less, therefore, now in hopeless o0nd'
age.
An English lady Of my acquaint-
ance was taken by . black driver to o
place Mt Stanlbtnl, into which she
walked withOu. the slightest difficult.
ty. cabhy, with his snIattertn: Of
Freucl,, acting ;ls interpreter Through
n grating in the door. When she en-
ter. d TIE salesrUyni, o large, barely
furnished, very light apartment. the
mist; e-s Of the establishment C1'slsluc:-
p. Lcr to q divnn and slaves fetched
sweets aud cGtiee. No MstOilisl'ilieiit
Was betrayed 1T the Intrusion "f y
(;i, our woman Oh s,!c;, u scene.
\ uumberOf white girls, Of ages va
ryirg from twelve to eighteen. w r.
thcn lv:l w 4: rrv, one alter the other.
e:sc!. In her turn standing '''oe',"'isss
before the sofa till signed to yield her
position to her next follower. They
are described as for the most part
cx.arse, ,clnnlxy and heavy, with coweti,
suIlrm faces. and muddy, yellow cs'il,-
uiexiuDs. Their dress consisted 0f
:, gauza cape and lsnse fr"'.k. sh"r;
sleeves and reaching to the ankles.
which wis fastened down the trout
viii. 81 rings. Dcc!ariuv t;'a: her hl--
h.nL desired to- present an W!:,!ik to- Il
V,.!sa, the vi>;'Gr ASK. 10 >te St':'lr
rretti.r m,ai.icns, bat was toht hat
there were nOIic OH a,:,slst, th"'iSh Il
selection w,i,ld s',:";'.;' arrive, when
sis. &, ;ta;,.!y could III suited.
yNn iuvi,i+h ws.!.n were dur'n.!:
t.,i. time .:uc-in. -iav,~. No s:'Ft0:
consideration w.,- pals! iui!:e selling.
%; the ;an,v girls. lM'sr ex.m'a,:''
;!nu they united their single garment
acc. .,v.l;n. t. the requirement vt IT,.
. ,nn,..!:::..r. ar threw it of entirely d
-. wished. their teeth were locked
.t and l..ir let clown, their person:
punched a;,,:: pulled about. The buy
c:a, wantim. sound, u'eiul articles
tested their strength AMI searched fo'
. bl,.:,,is' ~. in the same uncoi'erne:
t manner ~ is done ut u HORSE fair. \:
fur the girls. their attitude wis inva
: ri:,b;y that uf absolute, uncO," plain
! ing submission. They sttsHS will
downc:.st eyes aud dr"opiny linsh,.
. simply doing what they were eOrtiereti
an,l never losing for u moment tIel
iO,k o: stupid. hopeless indifference
IDmiOM IN,trs.