Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-18
hid Incredible HORRORS
d. 1s armenian MaSSaCrsS Again
Told,
~e Tine By One Who Fought
against the KurdS.
ra Nussulmen Fanatics
osaeaded Upon the Village S
Eutchered Men, Women
fCnIdren Without a Thought
..,-rcv-A Moving Tale.

crldren Without a Thought
rcy-A Moving Tale.
March 1.-THE following
..- been received from the spe-
rs93udeut Of the Associated
.ro is examining into the Ar
rociues. The letter, which
.s-s of Kars. February Is, says:
.. luoni8n refugee has just ar
here after many dangers and
-..rs since his escape from his
-s. -sssoun. His name is Mario,
wears of age. and though in
.5 boz taciurn as to dangers,
of the horrors Of Sassoun
rH an angry light in his eyes
,4 all tae time simply, straight-for-
- nat could not but feel in
to his narrative, that l was
listening to the truth. He said:
81 village. AXhbi. consisted or sew
houses Now there remains not a
man. not % single house
NL. lis DESTROYED.
ueoD.e are aU killed save three
miles. Iu my family were nine en-
-g- tho order of the Vail Kaimad-
S.--Im was attacked by a great
r o. Hurds. The kUrdS aSsalled
.,s wolves. but they could not con-
...r- not only We men took part IN
.r.--rr. 1ut an the women Even the
u.l ones as my mother-tucked up
clothes. armed themselves with
--.r- and helped us TO fight the
ss rwenty-One days concluded
battle. We beat-and We We're
.Bur vo showed
so SIGN OF DEFEAT.
cr intention To- retire from the battle.
W su we had succeeded in killing
some OF the Kurds. Vail Pasha and
If kaimadkan sent many regular
troops how many there were l do not
1r maybe five and maybe 10000.
Ono .ruE is very certain, there
NAMED no place without some sol
They placed cannon and began
t 40 their sound the women
end the shells spread every
such 81 terror, Death and de
lion. The troops wished to show
rcy tO nobody, not to the children,
@ 20 Old men. The shells as they
st. moved down all before them. as
-sss before a sCythe. We fed and be
.1 TO seek refuge in our rocks and
.erns, but the cannon continued TO
sweep away everything stones and
-u. The
FLAMES AND SMOKE
our burning homes reached us in
C3verus.
The commanders Of the Hamadieh
-1Iar cavalry pitched their tents
ONE of the heights and with. field
,sas i'm their hands they observed
1. sides of the mountains, and If they
revived near our destroyed houses,
behind a stone, the head Of a man,
es ordered the cavalry to 30 there.
'rI the soldiers cut TO pieces all they
md there. without distinction of age
saN The heads of the victims We're
Gght as trophies TO the command
i Those of us who found refuge in
4 Terms, could leave them only during
night. when the men went with all
..s of precautions to get wheat.
The Kurds committed all kinds of
i-0-ios. The found no pleasure in
r adult men; they hunted for
0 threw them on the ground
plunged daggers into their bodies.
~ Jas they
.ldED THEM INTO THE AIR
turned the daggers in their bodies,
l threw them against a stone, say
When YOU are grown YOU would
--t -s Better 80 into hell. Then
s, tamDed the bodies under foot.
Toe AugdS hunted me to kill me be-
s Her knew that / was neither
u.. sleepy in killing them. We
... . and my two companions. to
.' Russia. We fed from SaSsOUn
..ti the forest. Entering, We
ard heavy and heart-rending sigh.
1- .' the sound. we found Miro,
Do Nuau, a courageous SaSSOun
tom whose mouth flowed blood.
oos Miro and carried him secret
when We reached the wheat
Nur1s saw us and pursued.
of us gave "a kiss 10 our dy-
1uiot and fed. The KurdS
' dragged him into "a sheep
SET FIRE TO IT.
burned.
.e was killed i'm the fighting,
members Of our family took
a cavern. The place was so
reach We had 10 draw mp
and children one by one
'- nu0aDion. Aviti, had five un-
whom EhasO and KhachO were
mo- female, MkrO. and three
killed: the uncle of krpS,
also was killed If YOU wish, 1
one by one. all the persons
ol tell YOU how many cattle
an away.
many days Of flight we came
ge OF liz and then to Edhn-
No were six. and all wore
clothing We had coats of
a hats Of MOOsh If we had
SaSS0un Aba COvercOaO and
''n hats, the KurdS would
1ized us and We shOuldhave
l ..I--."
no doubt Mario told the
., BE- is Well for him he is ON
>s slu
SAME OLD PROMISES.
uople March 17.-The
us 10 a protest from Sir