The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-19

IiosToH, June lS.-A rehcarsal OF tho
Saiaoun massacre has been made by
refugees. Tho story has been taken in
detail and forwarded for publication in
the United S,a,c,. It comes from Bit.
lis, in tho mountainous region OF East.
ern Turkey, and may bc relied upon:
Pasih, OF Dalvorig region. IIc,ink vii.
lage OF some thirtv.tive houses, says:
I'VE wore eloycn souls in our house,
but three were killed by soldiers. My
husband. Boghas. was shot through the
head. His brother. Harten, they killed
with two bayonet wounds on the head
and ton on the body After thus mang.
ling the body thoy hung it from tree,
exposed TO the sun and to be food for
rapactous birds. khanadali kuriagha
plead with tho soldiers, falling at their
feet. and go We women and the children
tor the most part, We're allowed TO eS-
cape, though other nomadic kourds
from the south plIudercd tho village,
stripping US OF our clothing, burning
the houses, etc. At Aghptg, near tho
village. Nero was burned in his house.
Tusro's small children were hacked to
pieces by the soldiers, and a woman's
head found and recognized"
Shammeh, a woman OF the above
village says: There wore twenty.iour
in tho house and two killed. My son,
Apsar. some sevantceu years old, and Il
little daughter we're killed. Ny father
ia Chalo. OF Gelicuzan, and from that
house were killed Sahag, Mardo. Migro,
Sarkis, Doneh and Ghazar." Her teSti-
tnony also coniirius what is given else
where by others as 10 how Gelisuzan
woman, Hapseh by name. her own aunt,
led on her four sons in defense. calling
out, 'Co'ne on. my sons, AM ready to
sacrifice you to the race" In tho end
she wa, killed, when they we're dis.
couraged and fed. II also saw another
Hapseh by name, native OF Dalvorig.
ripped mp BY the sodiers and the child
put on her breast and the two bayo-
neted after that" Der (pries,) Hohan-
nes. Of Seminal, and Der Bedrasc. OF
Gcliguzan. were her unc!cs, aud she,
like others. says: "The ewes Of Der
Bsdros were dug out and forty 5ayonct
wounds inflicted. Der lIohanne1, of
the forty bayonetcd in tho ditc II by tho
soldiers. asked for few minutes 10
pray, and was told that il lie would not
change faith he would bo killed. 1
can't he said, 'but my people (many
drawn up before htn) are free 10 do as
they like. As they. too. refused to
change their faith. they wero bayoncted
into tho long ditch grave they had
been forced to dig. The soldiers took
out Der Hohannes' ewes, seized hiB
hands and compelled him to dance. Not
only was he deprived OF his beard-thc
insignia OF his prleslly ol!ico-but the
cruel creatures took alon. with tho
razor some OF tho skin and
flesh as vol. Having pierced his
throat they forced him to drink
water when it flowed from the CHASTITY
kicked this way aud that, as il foot
ball. Human flesh taken from some OF
the manG!od people was nut into his
mouth. lie, too, was pitched into tho
ditch with moro than two scoro men
that had the promise OF safety il they
would cease resistance and surrender"
Independent testimony respecting tho
terrible torture inflicted on this priest
by others, and among them that OF his
own family. mn own sister.n-law. khuz-
zam, oi thirty years. and n bride OF
twenty years, by namc OF y nazzo, is
said to confirm tho above account. This
khuz4um also tclls how her husband,
Boghos, and his brother Urke wore bay
onctod into that ditch grave, aud the
latter's wi 70 ripped up. Child put on her
breast and the Two bayonctod together.
Enmo Gcliguzan, OF fifty years, gives
Independent testimony concerning what
WAS said above by Shammeh a. TO the
killing from thoir family Sahng, Mario,
MngrO. Sarkis. DOn"h and GhRZar, and
adds how Mugro pleaded with tho sol.
diers to tako his pet boy from hia arms
to q distance 80 ho might not aee them
kill his father. She also confirms the
torture and death OF ArakeI Vartab0l
(prcate. highor than priestl, who was
her nephew. She, rs also Mairnm. Of
thirty years, testify rs to how Il iiovsch
OF Shinik was nearly behcadoh. face
manglcd, while his arma and logs
were mostly disjointcd; he was her
relative. AwaK. Stetlo's son, was
killed, and was n relative. Icr com.
panion, MairnIn, tolls how he ius band,
GhNEar. was nIso pitched into that ditch
aud Il two-ycar-old littln boy burned in
tho house. They both toll how in Coli.
guam four-year.old boy, sou Of Ilebo.
was sncriiicod on fro made for tho
purpose by the soldiers. Marian snw
from her hiding.placn tho soldiers hang
from troe and illy nlivs one ila.tcn,
Mnno's son. aud there hO was lott
hanging. hls Gronns being hoard ior
dnys, n proy 20 rnpacloul birds nnd tho
srorching SUI. Both of them ,ell how
"brave Vartan" was killed. boing pur.
sued by nino soldiers who ninnglo him
scrnping skin and ilosh from his iace,
thruSling flesh from hil own person into
his mouth.
Manong of Seminal says Tnbo didn't
hotray lamnliam. as has boon reported,
but that kourds. under tho load ol
dervish chipi, took him, though M Taho
waa present and chief OF tho village,
aomo charged 1t on him. Tabo had two
brothers. klncho and Boyh0s, pitched
into tho ditch. Munong's comparinu,
Stcppo, OF seventeen years, tells how
his fathor, Shorro, aud his nnclo Giragos
and ton.year-old siatcr, Shuahan, woro