St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-08

denounce Hahto to the Turkish gov
eminent unless the men were be-
trayed. Hahto then called together
q force of Kurds and Yezides and
ordered them to make the capture.
The villagers went into the room one
by one, and took part in the CONVEX
sation. At a signal they seized the
guns and commanded the men to
surrender under pain of instant
death. Taken completely by sur
prise the revoltionists made no re-
sistance. OF the fourteen members
of the party only one escaped. Each
man had Berdan rifle and six of
the party had revolvers. There were
large numbers of cartridges and
some materials for making dynamite
bombs, and a gelatine copying pad
for making duplicates of letters.
The prisoners were taken to Sew the
next day. by soldiers and were then
marched sixty miles to Van, where they
arrived Wednesday evening. Their az
rival was watched by a large number
of Turks and Armenians. On the way
they were beaten by gun butts, prodded
with bayonets and otherwise maltreat-
ed. AS the English member of the
party was unable to walk the whole
distance he was given a horse to ride
the last twenty miles of the way.
The Englishman told the officials that
he was Harry Williams, of % Ormiston
Road, Shepherd Bush, London. His
father was William Williams, of the
same address. He had with him pho
tograph of a young woman and an
English passport made out to Harry
Williams, on June 10. 1892 He de-
clared that he was the correspondent
of a Geographic agency of London, and
that his card of credentials was made
out in the name of Paul Quesnet He
was, he explained, on his way to the
Moush and Sassoun region to investi-
gate the Armenian situation. His
thirteen companions were in his pay as
guards against attacks by Kurds. The
other prisoners told the same story
All were dressed as Kurds, including
Williams. At first Williams denied
that he could spe ak Armenian, but sub
SeQuently under pressure of torture he
admitted that he could. After a week
of psrimenting with various kinds
of persuasions known to the Turkish
jailers, the governor of Van said that
Williams had confessed everything.
Nobody believes this. Up to May so,
Williams had been unable to see the
British vice consul at Van, although
Mr.. Hallward went so far as to ask the
governor unofficially to let him see
Williams, but the request was refused.
All of the prisoners have been tortured
during the week in the most revolving
manner.
The situation in Armenia grows
| worse day by day. The Associated
Press is constantly in receipt of stories
of robbery, outrages and murder. The
condition of the Armenians has been
worse during the past six months than
it has ever been before. Even in the
city of Van, soldiers have been placed
on guard at the Armenian churches,
the officials fearing an uprising.
The correspondent had a talk yester-
| day with the leader of the revolutionary
party in the province of Van. He
stated that SO far as he is con-
! cerned, thu reyolutionists will hold
| their hands until it is known what
/ Great Britain will do. He admitted
also that the capture of Williams had
very seriously disarranged the revo-
| l,rtionary plans for the time being
| No other leader is at present avail
| able.