The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-05
TURKISH ATROCITIES.
NAILED TO POSTS.
A Chapter on Turkish Barbarities Be-
fore the Massacre.

DIR. q. Thoumnian. who was one OF the
Armenian physicians at IIcrrick college,
Marsovan, Asia Minor, and who was sent
enced to death and forced to undergo dis
gusting tortures, being finally released
through the Intervention Of Great Britain In
July 1873, furnished the Associated Press
with the latest details Of the Turkish
outrnges which have Just come into his
possession. DIR. 1boumuian writesi
ut WIS necessary that the blood Of thous-
ands should be shed In order TO bring the
Armenian question on the tapis, but II IL al
most impossible 10 get full details, the guilty
Turk preventing every possible escape Of
news. However, have learned the follow
ing,
'The chief OF police OF Moosh which IL
headquarters of the Snssoun district went
with n number Of gendarlncs to the village OF
Tchurig, and nailed the head man and some
others head downward to posts, beat them
and drenched them alternately with hot and
cold water. Tho chief OF police then at.
tempted to dlshonor the wife OF one Of HE
victims, and the unfortunate woman, seizing
knife, plunged II into the chiefs brain,
whereupon the gendnrmes made general
attack upon the peasants. A stubborn strug.
gle resulted, In which many Of the peasants
were wounded, and 30 OF them were taken 10
prison at Moosh
"Thc whole village Of Tchurlg was charged
with sedition, and the gendarmes, naturally
were not reprlmnnded. as they were only
carrying out the orders Of their superiors.
The Armenian Villages ON the plains OF Moosh
and Bitlis, In the vicinity OF sassoun aud
Van, have been fired and their streets made
TO run with blood. From Marnlg over l0O
oxen and 900 sheep have been driven of,
and the same has occurred Mt Colossig and
Uavaborg
"The villages OF Kozloo and sheik -Aghoob
IA hppu gupkpI ftxn
girls were made captives At another village
n miller was burned alive At IIanzashoik
three Arnenians were murdered This IL
only u daily tale Of the horrors In the villages
on the plains Of Moosh. In September liz
Kurds appeared In the village OF Baghezig
ostensibly for the purpose of supplies, eating
drinking and carousing all day. They plund
cred the village, robbed the church OF its
costly vcssls and rode away.
"On the day following the band OF Kurds
raided the village Of Fgroagh and stole 80
head Of cattle and aheru Of sheep belonging
to the celebrated monastery of Varakn In
the village of Daghveran two youths wero
openly butchercd by Kurds before the eyes OF
their helpless relatives. j could give pages
and pages Of such horrors done TO my peo.
pie. None OF these wrongs have been re.
dressed, nor will they be 80 long as Bahrj
Pasha, himself Krrd, remains governor.
general Of Van. He Is the greatest enemy 10
the Armenian race When the porte tried to
hinder the Armenians from emigrating Rus.
sia and Pcrsia, this fcrocious fanatic explain.
ed that the porte could get rid Of the Chris
tians and mt the same time get their land.
since October, 1893, l70 families have emf
grated from Agbpac to Persia. Recently
Bahri Pasha made n tour OF that district and
conilscated all the property Of absent Ar.
menians. including those who had gone away
on business. Those who returned were
thrown into prison. In order to support
Bahri Pasha's extorminating policy number
OF Kurdish boys who had been imprisoned foi
misdecds, were sent into the Sassoun dis.
tricts by the Turks, who marked their prison
sheets with the word Escaped" Unless the
powers act promptly there will be q record oI
successive hideous outrages"