The herald., 1895-12-16
DETAILED ACCOUNTS
OF Riotlng and Massacrcs at harpool-O
rages Deliberately Planned

OF Riotln2 and Massacrcs at harpool-Out.
RACES Deliberately Planned
BosroN, Dec. 15.-Letters at hand from
correspondents at Harpool, Eastern Tur-
key, give detailed account OF the scenes
and incidents attending the recent mas sa-
ere of Armenians there, as we'll as of the
massacre itself.
"The first excitement over" says the
writer, 'Turkish atrocities were dying out
and tranquility was pretty we'll restored,
when the Dersim Kurds began to plumber
the villages right and left, six of which
were in the immediate vicinity of Harpool.
The whole city was tossed with expecta-
ton, and we were expecting an attack.
Some said the Kurds had government
-nction; others, that the Turks in the city
yele in league with them. The kurds,
while plundering the villages, were heard
TO say, I'VE are going to rarpool.' The
coming here to plunder the Christian quar-
ter
Zone Agha, when appealed to to use
means for defense of the city, said: WHY
should we protect the Gioaurs? Oh, let
them be killed. The governor of Malatia
telegraphed here that 1000 Kurds had
come there and that he could not cope
with them. That threw the responsibility
upon the Harpool government. The lead
ing men of Arebekir went to the governor
and asked for protection. They were treat
ed with contempt. These disturbances
could not have happened if strong orders
had been sent to the governor general to
preserve order at any cost.
"The terror and distress in the devastat-
Cd villages can scarcely be pictured. Those
who escaped with their lives have been
stripped of everything else, with winter
just at their doors. Where the Kurds have
alone devastated the loss of life is not
great. The.Kurds plunder, but do not gen.
orally kill, unless resisted.
'The idea of an uprising among the
Armenians is absurd. They are in terror
OF their lives. They are prepared to sur
render all their possessions if only their
lives can be spared.'
Another writer describing the attack
upon the city says:
vember goth, by few Kurds. These were
driven off. Monday there was another at
tack in the morning. This also was re-
PEELED. These attacks amounted to little
Later on Monday the Kurds and Turks
from the surrounding region attacked
Husanik. Several were killed. The SOL
diers were sent down the road to meet
them. and some of the principal Moslems
also went down. They had a conference
with the kurds. Then the soldiers with
drew to the city, dragging their cannon in
very leisurely fashion. After the soldiers
had reached the city the kurds and Turks
came on, yelling and firing. The soldiers
made no attempt to stop them. They
nred the cannon once harmlessly over
the heads OF the Kurds. The Turks of the
city joined in the plumber and attack. The
school was first set on fire; then the
greater part of the Christian quarter.
Christians were shot down everywhere"
=. saw all these things with my own
eyes, Ivr watched with field glass, when
II became plain that the whole thing was
definitely planned and arranged. The
Christians had given up their arms and
east themselves on the protection of the
government No Christian fired on the
assailants. The missionaries took refuge
In the girls school until that was attacked
The mission house of Rev. U. p. Allen and
wife was burned and the school set on fire.
They then gathered in the yard prepared
to die. DIR. Barnum spoke to the military
commander and he sent soldiers, but only
two remained to protect the missionaries,
and they demanded money or they would
20 away as their comrades had done. The
missionaries decided to go into the college
building. As they left the school yard a
Turk fired upon them from across the ) ard
twice, first at Mr.. Allen and then at Rev. C.
Frank Gates, but he was a very bad marks
man and no one was hit. The family of
Ar. Gates was the last to leave the yard.
"Soon after the missionaries got into
the school building the officer sent for
them to come out. The missionaries re-
fused to do SO, saying they had no conf
dence in the chief and if they wished to
ofrer protection they could protect them
where they were. If they did not, the
would die there.
At last the Alai Bey (kiahomet Bey), q
arrived. He was the first and