The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-12-01

LOSDOhI NO'' W.
,no,ber chapter in the story Of the Ar
m.ni.u atrocities which the Associated
p,s,. il able to furnish exclusively to
ianswspapers:
ps G. Tbonmaian, who was one Of
.bs Armenian physicians at Herrick
College, Marsovan. Aaia Minor, and
who was sentenced to death and forced
10 undergo terribly disgusting tortures.
being finally released through the inter-
ysniOn Of Great Britain in July, 1898,
furnished the Associated Press to-day
with the latest details of the Turkish
outrapes which have just come into his
nos,sssion. DR.. Thoumaian writes:
III was necessary that the blood OF
tbou,ands should be shed in order to
hing the American question on the
tapis But it is almost impossible to
cal full details, the guilty Turk pre-
ysntiur every possible escape OF news.
aHoweyer. have learned the follow
ing:
HORk OF IhE uhOlhL EOhASbf
"The chief Of police OF Moosh, which
/. the headquarters Of the sassom dis
,rlc,, went with a number Of geudarmes
o,bs village Of Tchurig and nailed tho
bead man and some others heads down.
ward 70 posts, beat them and drenched
them alternately with hot and cold
water.
"The chief Of police then attempted
10 di,honor the wife OF one OF his vic.
Tins and the unfortunate woman. seiz.
iue a knife, plunged 1t into the chief Of
poce's brain, whereupon the gend.
armes made general attack upon the
peasants. A stubborn struggle resulted
In which many OF the peasants we're
wounded and thirty OF them were taken
10 prison at Moosh. The whole village
Of Tohurig was charged with sedition
and the gendarmes, naturally, were not
reprimapded as they were only carry
inr out the orders Of their SUPERIOR.
"1he Armenian villages on the plains
Of Moosh and Bitlis, in the vicinity Of
sassoun and Van, have been fred and
their streets made to run with blood.
From Marnig over one hundred oxen
and one thousand sheep have been
driven of aud the same has occurred at
Colossig and Havabosig. :
ADAIbY ROUND OF MURDER.
pThe villages OF Kozloo and sheik-
Agdoob have been sacked by Kurds and
two young girls were made captives. AT
another village a miller was burned
alive. At Hanzasheik three Armenians
we're murdered. This is only daily
tale Of the horrors in the villages on the
plains Of Moosh. II these authentic de-
tails come from the villages on the open
plain what must the truth be in the dis
tant places in the mountains OF Sas-
SCUM?
IN September, 112 Kurds appeared
in the village Of Baehezig, ostensibly
ior the purpose Of supplies, eating,
drinking and carousing all day. They
plundcred the village, robbed the
church Of its costly vessels and rode
away. On the day following, 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 Varaka. -r..
IN tho village Of Dahveran, two
youths were openly butchcred 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
viii they so long as Bahri.Pasha, him.
self kurd, remains governor.general
OF Van. he is the greatest enemy OF
the Armenian race. When the porte
tried 10 hinder the Armonians from emi-
grating 10 Russia and Persia, this fero-
ciols fanatic explained that the porte
could get rid OF the Christians aud at
the same time get their lands.
Since October, 1893, l79 families
have migrated from Aghpac to Persia.
PROPERTY coNrrscATED.
Recently, Bahri-Pasha made tour
OF his district and confscated all the
property Of absent Armenians, Including
those who had gone away on business.
Those who returned were thrown into
prison.
I'm order to support Bnhri:Pasha's
es&lcrlninatinR policy, number OF
turkish boys, WHO had been imprison-
ed Tor miSdeeds, wero sent into the Sas-
SCUM districts by the Turks. who mark.
e. e.! their prison sheets with tho word
Escaped
Unless the powers act promptly there
VIII be n record OF successive hideous
outraGes."
It is presumed that this letter was
written previous TO the commencement
o. lhe Wholesale massacres, which have
Deen exclusively referred TO in the As.
s0cI0led Press depatches.