The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-12-01
BLO0DTHIRSTT TURKS.
Another Chapter Anent the Atroc-
tiles in Armenia,
NAILED DEEAD POSTS

Then the Victims We're Drenched Alter
nntcly by Hot and Cold water-The
Streets of Armenian villages Made to
Run with Blood Horrors Unparalleled.
LONDON, Dec. DIR G. Thoumaian,
who was one OF the Armenian physicians
at derrick college Marsovan. Asia Minor,
ana who was sentenced to death and forced
TO undergo terrible, disgusting tortures,
being finally released through the inter
yention Of Great Britain in July, 1893, fur
nishas the Associated Press with the latest
details Of the Turkish outrages, which
have just come into his possession. DR..
lhoumaian writes.
ut was necessary that the blood Of
thousands should be shed in order to bring
the Armenian question on the tapis. But
IL is almost impossible to get full details,
the guilty Turk preventing every possible
escape Of news However, have learned
the following:
"The chief Of police Of Moosh, which is
the headquarters of the Sassoun district,
went with number of gendarmes to the
village of Tchurig 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, seiEing
knife, plunged it into the chiefs brain,
whereupon the gendarmos made a 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, rs they were only carrying out
the orders of their superiors.
"The Armenian villages on the plains
of Moosh and Bitlis, in the vicinity of Sas-
soun and Van, have been fred and their
streets made to run with blood From
Marnig over 100 oxen and 900 sheep have
been driven of, and the same has occurred
at Colossig and Havaborig
"The villages of Kozloo and Sheik-
Aghoob have been sacked by Kurds and
two young girls were made captives. At
another village IA 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 tn.
mountains of Sassoun?
"In September 112 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. Onthe day follow
ing the band Of Kurds raided the village
of Faroagh and stole fifty head of cattle
and a herd of sheep belonging to the
celebrated Monastery Of Varaks In the
village Of Daghvenan two youths were
openly butchered by Kurds before the
eyes Of their helpless relatives
81 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 as Bahri Pasha, himself a Kurd
remains governor general of Van. He is
the greatest enemy of the Armenian race
When the porte tried TO hinder the Armon,
ians from emigrating to Russia and Persia
this terouious fanatic explained that the
porte could get rid Of the Christians and
at the Same time get their land. Since
October, 1893, 1i9 families have emigratad
from Aghpac to Persia.
quite recently Blhri Pasha made a
| tour of that district aud cOuiiscated all the
property Of absent ArmeHiuns, including
those who had gone away ON business
Those who returned were thrown into
prison In order IT, support Bahri Pasha's
| eXte m mating policy a number of Kur
dish brys, who had hoen imprisoned foI
misdegds 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 a record of a succession of hideou5 out
RACES"
1t is presumed that this letter was writ
ten previous to the commencement of the
| wholesale massacres which have been re
feTred to in the Associated Press dispatches