The evening times., 1895-10-26
THOSE TURKISH MURDERS
Graphic Description of Them by
an American on the Spot.
STUPID POLICE TO BLAME
Armenians Claiming the Right of Pc
tition Set Upon ana Reign OF Ter
rOr Inaugurated, During which Ar
menians Were Slaughtered by the
score, Even While In Prison.

Boston, Oct. 26.-severaI letters have
been received in Boston from a reliable
American resident In Constantinople Civ
ing accounts of the recent disturbances in
that city. The substance of The letters is
as follows:
THE Armenians have been growing
more and more restive nder the long de
lay of some solution 10 the reform question,
which has now been prominent for year.
Certain OF the Hunchagist party decided
to have q demonstration in the Cit Y in hopes
10 hasten matters.
The people assembled In the patriarch's
cathedral on Monday. A rather stormy
meeting was held in the court or the
cathedral, at which iicry addresses were
made, one by a woman, in reference 10
the SuIferings of the Armeniaus Of the
provinces.
Tie crowd was composed chiefly of
people from the interior. The patriarch
attempted to quiet the people, and ad-
vised them to be patient and trust in God
to deliver them.
LAUNDERING POLICE.
Whether tie crowd did anything in the
street to anger the police or not is not
certain, hut the authorities, as matter
of course. took the wrong line Of action.
Instead of letting the crowd go TO the
Porte and present the petition, as the
usage requires, thus passing the affair off
in Il quiet manner, the police were or
derah tn block the way.
THE Armenians Insisted on their right
of petition, the police used whips to beat
them back, and threatened to use their
arms.
Then someone fired shot, there was
a scattering fire from both sides that did
no one any harm, and then the mounted
police drew their sabers and charged the
crowd, slashing in all directions among
the now frightened and fleeing Armenians.
Later some of the Armenians succeeded
in reaching the sublime porte. but were stop
ped at the door by troops, and two more
tusslcs occurred at the doors of the porte,
about half an hour apart. Altogether bout
twenty Armenians were badly hurt, and
three of them died. At least three of the
police were killed.
There was great hush upon the city.
Many OF the shops were shut. The Arme-
mans were frightened, the Turks were sui
len and the police were everywhere, and
great numbers of arrests were made.
Another ugly feature of the case ap-
peared the next day. when five or six Ar
menians were killed in the streets in cold
blood by Mahomet1n civilians and .softas'
Theological students).
1.-The government seems to be inclined to
stop tnlS SOrU Oh IluTueT, dUucupn tUeTe
are plenty of Turks who wish to rise and
kill at once. The tendency to Individual acts
of violence will not be easily overcome.
LAS to the Armenians, this riot was caused
by the Hunchagist party. The Trosha-
gists, who are very strong here, unite in
condemning the demonstration as being
of the nature of an attempt to cause blood
shed for political ends, and therefore wrong
as well as excessively foolish.
MANY MURDERED.
"A body of Mahometans broke into a
room inhabited by ArInenians from the il
terror, situated right opposite the house
of preac cher at Cassin Pasha, and killed
about thirty. They used clubs and knives.
The bodies were afterward removed in
scavenger wagons by the police.
"About fifty more Armenians were killed
in the same way by the Moslems in Stam-
boul about the same time.
1.-The worst feature of the case is that
no Mahomctan has been arrested for the
murder OF the Armenla,is, anu l1at Ten or
twelve Armenians have been beaten to
death in the prison. So far only five or
six ProtestaEts have been hurt.
1.-THE slaughter continued through Tues
day night and Wednesday morning. There
was no general attack on houses, but a
tendency to kill every Armenian seen in
the streets
except the higher classes. who could af-
pended. ami as yet tile major Part OF tie
Armenian shopkeepers dare not come to
their shops"