The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-21
His GREAT MARCH OF BLOOD
Aors Than Seven Thousand People
Butchsred BY kooshIf Pasha.
4 CRUEL DLoOD-YHlRslY lYRlHr.
Many Of tho Victims Burned, Others
Thrown to she Dogs--Frsnsisd With
Despair They Fight For Their
Lives-Story Of tho Dread
full Slaughter.

BOSTON, MASS, Feb. 2o.--The Globe
Minor. which, 1t says, Is the first descrip-
tion by an eyewitness of Mooshir Pa
sha's march of blood"
Gfooshir Pasha IL the military Cover
nor of the city of Erzerjan, and started
by order OF the Sultan, in to the sas-
SCUM district last September. Innumer-
able burned villages, and 7.2s3 lives was
the price of this official visit.)
MOOSH, ASIA MINOR, Jan. 7.-The
number of our dead countrymen In the
four towns visited by Mooshir Pasha will
not be far short or 1900. This is from
the bodies counted, and known TO have
perished. We cannot tell how many
others there may be.
The first town entered by Mooshir was
Shinik. IL contains four villages, Shi-
nix, Mezra, koojock and Dopy. When
our people here heard OF the arrival OF
the Pasha, Friar Johannis. with 2i0 oS
the leading townsmen. went to meet him
to beseech rim TO have mercy upon
them. They were surrounded by sol
diers long before they could get to Moo
shir Pasha, and every one was killed.
Their bodies Were put I'm the church
and burned. Then they proceeded to
burn the villages. The number killed
from Shinik proper Is 623 and 3l7 from the
rest OF the villages. Those who escaped
are now in the villages surrounding this
town, but the villagers are themselves
very poor, and many go hungry.
Two THOUSAND BODIES AT CHI.
Nfooshir Pasha left shlnk to go TO the
next town I'm the Sassoun district. This
town is Alyan. and has fourteen villages.
The people heard of his coming, and how
that ne had twenty-four companies. each
of four hundred men, besides twenty
three cannon. They knew that IL was
useless to appeal to him, so they fed 10
the village of Chi. because OF its rocks
and steppes. and there they could better
escape him. They stayed in the noun
tains for almost twenty days. and when
all food was gone, and there was nothing
left TO do. they fed as best they
could. Two thousand hodles were left
behind at Chi.
THROUGH FRENZY AND DESPAIR
Galf-Gazan was the next. and because
ehe town has twenty-five villages around
1t, Mooshir brought Kurds, Ahmidie and
irregulars numbering 5000. The town
was deserted. for the people, with all
the food they could carry, had fed to
the mountains. phey stayed In their FAST
ness for thirty days and at the end OF
that time. through frenzy born OF hum
ger and desperation, they made q terri
BILE rush down the mountain side and
attacked the tyrants instead OF waiting
10 be killed Patriot vartan| - - ~
teen mes with ais 5wS word before 5o
ieil dead. Friar Bedras was a soldier. too
and encouraged his children. and when
ne was at last killed. his body was cut
into pieces and given to the dogs.
UNTOLD CRUELTY,
Alpas was the last town that the blood.
thirsty tyrant visited, and this place CON
tains eight villages--Verien. Chaden
Moodavar, Eukik, Kalaxaz, Choroop. and
Davlorig. The people had, for the mosr
part, made their escape. but when Moos-
hir and his soldiers went their way. 1900
bodies were found even here Many more
were burned, but their rumber cannot
be known.
All bodies were left where they were
butchered, and those who would travel
this distance must risk their lives through
the pestilential odors that go up from so
many dead. All who escaped from the
Sassoun district came to the villages OF
the Plains OF Moosh, and hungry, destI-
lutte and brokep-heartod. they look for
hope and help and sympathy from the
civilized world 20 whom the news OF
their terrible loss may come.