Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-13

guilty persons punished. He was in great
distress about the matter, as he could see
but poor prospect oil being able TO 90 any
thing to help the mother. The facts orieny
recited are these: There lived in Damascus
a widow with bright little boy years OF
age She was a Syrian by birth, but had
embraced Christianity some years ago. In
the neighborhood lived woman, VINO was
devoted to the religion referred 10, VINO
manifested great love for the little ooy'
coming almost daily to see him, bringing
him sweets, and often with the mothers per-
mission taking him out for q walk. One
dayrecentlv during the mothers absence the
little fellow disappeared. Search for him
by the widow and her friends proved un-
availing. Days passed and brought no
tidings of the lost boy.
1t was OF course the sensation and mys-
terry Of the place. One day the employees OF
a livery stable having noticed or some time
a stencil arising from the cistern, decided to
clean it out. The result of the cleaning was
the discovery OF the body OF the lost boy.
The proprietor of the stable was arrested.
He was dumfounded. He could give no ex-
plsHation o the presence of the body In the
cistern, but he recalled the fact that some
time previous a woman and two men had
called to see about hiring a conveyance, but
lett without doing so. He now remembered
also that when they called the woman car
ried bundle, but had none when leaving.
His Life Blood Had Been Dra,on.
As result OF this information the woman
referred to and her two companions were in
time arrested and fully identified by the
liveryman. A post mortem examination re-
vealed the fact that the boy had been bled
to death, two small incisions over the arter-
les at the wrists showing this conclusiyely.
After a time the prisoners were released for
want nj sufficient evidence TO connect them
with the murder, and there the matter rests.
The Governor Of the Province is Of the re-
ligious class interested, the present Grand
Vizier OF Turkey is Of the same extraction,
and il is the policy of the leaders always to
try to smother these affairs for fear OF the
judgment of Christian Europe. This may
explain the apparent apathy o. the authorl-
ties in the present case U course there is
no positive evidence here that the bov
was killed for the purpose under dis
cussion, but the fact that the woman
and the two men, the only persons
so far known TO be implicated, are
Of this religious class aud as they could have
no motive of vengeance or gain In his TAX
ing of and the manner OF his death by bleed
ing, looks suspicious. In her dire distress,
the poor widow has appealed 10 the Turkish
doctors, and II will be interesting 10 watch
what proceedings, if any, are taken,
IL connection with the subject, read q
few days ago, in an American monthly
which 1 picked up In the reading room OF
the hotel, that q memorial signed by the
leaders o this religion, which by the way,
ID not Catholic, WAS 10 be presented to the
Pope asking him 10 officially deuy that such
occurrences as this ever toUk place. II will
L.. A Il.II A., In. Al. L.
Damascus affair before signing such doeu.
ment, IT, having done 30, aud having
passed upon the other similar cases, he can
rign the memorial, tha whole world will,
for humanity'A sake, rejoice.
THOMAS L. WHITE, M, ID,