Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-21
A MARCH OF BLOOD. A Record of Butohery Which
 PaleS Barbarian Bras. COUNTLESS THOUSANDS LEFT On the Sites of Once Pros porous Villages by Mooshir Pasha'S FiendS.
COUNTLESS THOUSANDS LEFT

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 20.-The Globe publis hes the following from Moosh, Asia Minor, which, 1t says, is the first descrp- ton by an eye witness of Mooshir Pasha's march of blood. Mooshir Pasha is the military governor of the city oi Ezeroum, and started, by order of the sultan. into the Sassoun district last September. in- numerable burned villages and 7293 lives was the price of this official visit:
 MoosH, A. M, Jan. 7.-The number of our dead couutrymen in the four towns visited by Mooshir Pasha will not be far short of 7500. 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 Pasha was Shinik. It contains four villages, Shinik, Mezra, Koojock and Dopy. When our people here heard of the arrival of the pasha Fr. Johannis with 240 of the lead ing townsmen went to meet him to beseech him to have mercy upon them. They were surrounded by soldiers long before they could get to Mooshir Pasha, and every one was killed. Their bodies were put in the church and burned. Then they proceeded to burn the villages. The number killed in ShiniS proper was 623, and BY in 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. ,,. next town in Sassoun district. This town is Alyan and has fourteen villages. The people heard of his coming land that he had twenty -four companies, each com- prising 400 men, besides twenty three can- non. They knew that 1t was useless to ap- peal to him, so they fled to Chi because of it's rocks and steppes, and there they could potter 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 fled as best they could. Two thousand bodies were left behind at Chi.
 Cali. Gazan was next, and because the town has twepty-two villages around 1t Mooshir brought Kurde, Ahmidie and ir- regulars bering 80, ,0G0. TLe town was deserted, for the people with all the food they could carry had fled to the mountains. They stayed in their fastnesses for thirty days, and at last with frenzy born 0f hun- ger and despair they made terrible rush down the mountain sides and attacked the tyrants instead of waiting to be killed. .5atriot Vartau was like God, aud killed nineteen men with bis town sword before De fell dead. Fr. Bedras was soldier, too, was at last killeda his body was cut in pieces and given to the dogs.
 Alpag was the last town that the blood thirsty tyrant visited. This place con- tains eight villages-Verien, Chaden, Moodavar, Eukik, Kalaxaz, Choorop and Cavlorig. The people had for the most part made their escape, but when Mooshir and his soldiers went their way 1900 bodies were found even here. Many more were burned, but their number cannot be known.
 All bodies were left where they were butchered, and those who will travel this district 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, destitute and broken hearted they look for hope and help and sympathy from the civilized world to whom the news of their terrio ole lot may come.