Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-19
g. q
a. ~ Sur months, tells how her
x =, Boghos, and his brother,

y 4, were killed; also three others
.C'NLe family, Tattar, Khacho and Mi
3 g. Her mother, Memmo, was hacked
+ and bayonetted all out of shape and
/ left unburied by a stone. She was of
Geliguzan and the Kourds did this in
anger because she pushed her sons in
to the fight. Her son, GiragOs, was
killed, but Stopan escaped and is now
in Russia.
"Mousi Krikore house"-Bedros, 90
years, saw Father Hebbo and his
brethren, Hoghes, Harten, Surko and
Misag, with little sister, Yeovan,
killed His aunt, GeOrreh, while serv-
ing as transport, carrying ammunition
on her back, was run through with a
| bayonet from the rear. KhaZo saw
the soldiers rip up Elnar, of Semual,
take out the child, put it on her
breast and bayonet them together.
Urko (ArakeD, of GeliguZan, had 10
souls in his house and 10 more were
killed, his father, mother, two cousins,
etc.
Hogop, of this village reports 42 in
their house, 8 were killed, . men and
the others children. He was left for
dead from twelve bayonet wounds.
Asdour, also of this village, has eight
CHASTITY scars from the same cruel weap-
ons and was left for dead, but made
his escape from the heap Of dead bod
les, as did the above Hogop with twelve
scars.
Azo, of Bitlis, his nephew Murad,
with the latter's sister, report how q
four -year-old girl was 50 choked to
prevent her making a noise that would
betray the hiding among the rocks of
scores Of others that she died in a day
or two. Murad's sister. Oghdeh, Of
some 10 years, was engaged TO How
dep, of Seminal. that was pitched into
the ditch as also three othres were from
his house.
Tango, Of Dalverig, tells how his
brother HummO was bayOnetted to
death by soldiers, and anOther's broth
ers wife ripped up with the usual ang-
ling process. Aldo was thrust into the
house and burned alive.
BURFO, OF BITLIS,
tells a thrilling story. Her husband,
Sillo, was literally hacked into pieces,
the remains of which she could only
gather up for some sort of burial
after twelve days. Her two-year-old
baby boy was snatched from her arms
to be stabbed to death; her daughter
of ten years, Aghrout by name, fell
down dead from fright while she (Burfo)
made her escape. Her husbands broth
er was also killed.
Nearly a hundred terroriZed ones and
among them twelve able-bodied men,
decided to go to their Kourdichaghas in
a not distant village. Enroute they
were surrounded by hundreds OF the
tribe. who drove them like cattle into a
valley. They took the only weapons,
fheir knives. from the men, bound them
and sent them to the camp Of the reg
ular soldiers as sheep to the slaughter.
ME women were stripped of their
clothing. a few OF every rag, counted as
if sheep for the yarding, and kept un-
der guard for the night. After shiver-
! ing in the cold, the next morning they
were again asked to deny their faith,
but not succeeding in this the Kourds
began to disband and the poor fright
ened ones we're allowed to make their
/ escape. The wives were ready to fol-
low their husbans to their fate, but
We're not allowed.
Bedros, of Celiguzan. with wounded
head and discovered ear, tells how for
two days he shouldered his aged father
carrying him this way and that 10 save
him, but in the end at the plea Of the
father to save at least himself, put him
down and ran only to look back and SEQ
them hacking the old man to pieces.
Giragos, of Bitlis, tells how his father
was mangled with the sword, and how
his aunt was disembOweled with the US
ual ghastly work.