The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-01
BL0oDFHIRSIY TURKS.
Another Chapter Anent the Atroc-
tiles In Armenia.
NAILED HEAD DOWNWARD POSTS
Then the Victims Were Drenched Alter
nateIy by Hot and Cold water-The
Streets Of Armenian Villages Made to

nately BY Hot ana Cold Wator-Ihe
Streets Of Armenian Villages Made to
Run with Blood-Horrors Unparalleled.
LONDON, Dec. DIR. G. Thoumaian,
who was one of the Armenian physicians
at Herrick college, Marsovan, Asia Minor,
and who was sentenced to death and forced
to undergo terrible, disgusting fortunes,
being finally. released through the inter
vention of Great Britain in July, 1893, fur
nishes the Associated Press with the latest
details Of the Turkish outrages, which
have just come into his possession. Dr.
Thoumaian writes:
SIT was necessary that the blood Of
thousands should be shed in order to bring
the Armenian question ON the tapis, But
1t is almost impossible to get full details,
the guilty Turk preventing every possible
escape of news. However, have learned
the following:
1.-THE chief of police of Moosh, which is
the headquarters of the Sassoun district,
went with a number OF gendarmes to the
village Of Tcburig and nailed the head
man and some others head downward to
posts, beat them and drenched them alter
nately with hot and cold water.
''The chief Of police then attempted to
dishonor the wife of one of his poor VIC
Tins, and the unfortunate woman, Selling
knife, plunged it into the chiefs brain,
whereupon the gendarnes made general
attack upon the peasants. A stubborn
struggle resulted, In which many of the
peasants were wounded, and thirty of
them taken to prison at Moosh. The whole
village of Tchurig was charged with sedi-
ton, and the gendarmes were not repri-
manded, as they were only carrying out
the orders Of their superiors.
1.-The Armenian villages on the plains
Of Moosh and Bitlis, In the vicinity of Sas-
SCUM and Van, have been fired and their
streets made to run with blood. From
Marnig over 100 oxen and 900 sheep have
been driven off, and the same has occurred
at Colossig and Havaborig.
1.-THE villages of Kozloo and Sheik-.
Aghoob have been sacked by Kurds, and
two young girls were made oaptiyes. At
another village miller was burned alive.
At Hanzasheik three Armenians were
murdered. This is only daily tale of the
horrors in the villages on the plains of
Moosh. If these authentic details come
from the villages on the open plain, what
must the truth be in distant places in the
mountains of SassounS
''In September liz Kurds appeared in
the village of Baghezig, ostensibly for the
purchase Of supplies, eating, drinking and
carousing all day They plundered the
village, robbed the church of its costly
vessels and rode away. On the day follow
ing the band OF Kurds raided the village
of Faroagh and stole fifty head of cattle
and herd of sheep belonging to the
celebrated Monastery of Varaks In the
village of Daghvenan two youths We're
openly butchered by Kurds before the
eyes of their helpless relatives.
II could give pages and pages of such
horrors done to my people. None of these
wrongs have been redressed, nor will they
be SO long rs Bahri Pasha, himself Kurd,
remains governor general Of Van. He Is
the greatest enemy of tho Armenian race.
When the porte tried to hinder the Armen-
ians from emigrating to Russia and Persia
this ferocious fanatic explained that the
porte could get rid of the Christians and
at the same time get their land. Since
October, 1898, 179 families have emigratad
from Aghpac to Persia.
"Quite recently Bahrl Pasha made a
tour Of that district and confiscated all the
property OF absent Armenians, including
those who had gone away on business.
Those who returned were thrown into
prison. In order to support Bahri Pasha's
DISCRIMINATING policy number of Kur-
dish Beys, who had heen imprisoned fol-
misdeeds, were sent into the Sassoun dis.
trict by the Turks, who marked theil
prison sheets with the word escaped
Unless the powers act promptly there will
be record of succession of hideous out
RACES"
1t is presumed that this letter was writ
ten previous to the commencement of the
wholesale massacres which have been re
ferred to in the Associated Press dispatches