The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-06

me wnere tOrQOn faSna was SiatEf You say
everybody has said he was either killed on the
court yard steps Of the nalaee or outside going
IN the Austrian consurs house. They all lie'
If you choose to believe them you may; 1t mat
tiers not to ne. l am a respectable Greek rner-
chant, not an Arab. You want the truth; tell
it TO you. True. did not see Gordon slain; but
every body in Khartoum knows where the event
happened An Arab rushed upstairs and shot
him with gun as he was reading the Bible
Another Arab cut off his head and put it on a
spear; and so went forth into the city, carrying
it and brandishing it on high The Copts in the
palace in the rooms below were slaughtered at
the same time.
''The Arabs came psuring in; they slew every
man they could fnd no mercy was SHOWN 10
anyone There was no reslslfnoe: oont
think there was hundred shots fred by' Egypt
ans or blacks. Men ran in and shut themselves
up in houses; but doors burst open and
spearing, cutting, and slasning went on bravely
in the streets, in the market square, in the
bazaars 1t was horrible scene this bazaar af-
terward. 1 went through it. Gay curtains,
crimson coored and orange stripped, golden
edged satins, silks, and muslins lay smeared and
splashed with blood; everything was upset and
strewn about and trampled on. Everywhere
was the widest disorder. You know how mar
row it was and how it winds. One corner was
so full Of corpses and dying that we could not
get by. had my hands tied and I fell several
times in the road, slippery with blood. The
havoc went on till o'clock. Then Mahomet
Allah had revealed to him that the slaughter
must cease. We were told this. 1t was shouted
about the Streets and those that were still hid
den We're hidden to come forth. Of fortytwo
Greeks only eight escaped. There were ten
Jews; these were killed, think, Gordons head
| saw on spear. 1t was taken over to Omdur.
man and shown to Mahomet Achmet. 1t was
laid before him. grim savage smile passed
over his face. He gazed long at the counter
ance of his late enemy. God be praisedr he
cried can this be hisF He did not express
anger at Gordon's death, as You say has been
reported-he made merry at his death when it
was told him. The head was then borne away,
and men plucked the hairs out of his head and
beard and spat in his face. His body was cut
up into little pieces This was his end, | omitted
to say that Gordon wrote to the Mahdi saying he
might be Viceroy of Kordofan. The Mahdi re-
Piled 4 am sent by God to be king of all and
invited him to surrender. Gordon replied in in
sulting terms, saying he false Mahdi, and
that he (Gordonl would never surrender to him.
THE Copt women were taken to place called
Bousi. They were allowed to 60 in and out of
their house as they pleased, and one by one they
got claimed as brides. They went out to look
for husbands, and when they found one suitable
they were allowed to leave as they liked. But
the Greek and all the women in fact were put in
a room, and the 6ervishes and chief leaders
picked from among them whom they would
This was at Omdurman The Greeks including
myself were dressed in the Mahdis uniform,
and told that from henceforth we were Mussul-
mans, but we were not clrcumclsed. We were
liberated, and we were given So each a monthly
allowance Now, when we heard that our
women were taken over to Omdurman and di-
vided among the dervishes, we proceeded there
and craved an interview with the Mahdi. 1t
was allowed. We had to take off our shoes, and
when within the inner circle-about quarter
of square mle-we were made to crawl
toward him on our knees. Everyone has to
approach him thus. We addressed him thus:
Kill us. we beseech thee; it is as we'll. Your
dervishes and great men have carried off our
wives sisters and daughters, and life is Of no
more value to us. Stay US Thereupon the
Mahdi took pity on forlorn condition and
ordered our women to be returned to us. To
each one was his wife, sister, relation re.
turned. Those who had lost their husbands
were also returned to US, to take care of u.s. and
also DR.. Georgia Demetrlos daughter, whom you
asked after and whose sister is married in Cairo
She was very pretty. Poor girl, she was lovely.
Yes; she was led off first a slave; but got
her back and the nuns too Two priests were
killed. The nuns lived with us Greeks. Mile.
Denetrio is now married to Greek The
daughter of poor Klein, the tailor, was carried
off as slave when her father WAS killed
Among the white women only the Greeks and
the nuns were recovered. There were Egyp-
tian- Turkish women carried off, but the Mahdi
ordered that those whose husbands were still
alive should be returned to them. Why should
there be any doubt thrown on this sad story2
Is it not probableg Have you not seen many
white women in Khartoum, and is it not proba
BILE that these Mussulmans would carry them
off? / could give you the names of many Of
European origin. Had you not delayed three
days these would have been saved. Alas! 1t is
a sad story. The picture you showed me from
an illustrated journal) has not the slightest re-
semolance to Mahomet Achmet 1t must have
been drawn from fancy. will give you a bet
ter tomorrow. | weary Of rec0unting a
story over which tears of blood might be shed. y