The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-09-06
A TALE OF HORRORS.
A Young Armenian Tells of His
Peoples Sufferings.

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A very interesting person has
recently taken up a temporary res
idence in Allegheny. He is Jacob
Sargis, an Armenian Christian.
who was born and until a short
while ago resided in Aroomiah,
Persia, and whose family has suf-
fered from the atrocities of Mo-
hamets.
! Mr.. Sargis is ~ years of age.
He has come here to complete his
his education at the Western The
illogical Seminary. Although not
lecturer his descriptions of the
horrible tortures and murder to
which the Christians have been
subjected in Persia have been SO
impressive that prominent Allie
ghenians have induced him to give
talk on the subject at Carnegie
Hall on next Sunday evening. 1t
will be free to all, and will be his
maiden effort in public. The Ii
brary Committee yesterday au-
thorlzed the use of the Hall for
the occasion.
81 have been member of the
Presbyterian Church for eight
years" said Mr.. Sargis Yesterday.
81 came here to fit myself for
medical work. Medical mission
aries are exempt from the perse-
cutions other Christians are sub
jected to in Persea. The profes-
sion will permit me to visit the
houses of the sick, and while in
them, | hope to make converts.
at is well that | left when
did, as my position was perilous
one. Two day before started
here a cousin with whom | associ-
ated was shot by Mohametan Per
slams. The excuse was that he
sang the Amernian national songs.
He was lover of music and a
good singer, though he never sang
these songs to annoy the Persians.
He was murdered because he was
a Christian.
"a year ago another cousin,
Baroon Aghajan, a brother Of this
man, was murdered in a most cru
ell and cowardly manner. He was
a well-known Christian and an
Arm .nian, who by his force of ex-
ample and missionary work, had
converted many Mohametans.
He also labored among the He
brews, many of whom are Mahom-
etans. They sent woman to his
house as plot to afford an excuse
for his death. Though he was a
man of spotless character, she
came away and said he had wrong
ed her.
"Ihen a mob OF 10, 900 people,
all thirsting for his christian blood,
surrounded him. He was taken
to the mosque by the Persian SOL
diers, who are the most atrocious
Of the Mahometans. He was a
prominent merchant of Aroomiah,
and they agreed to give him his
liberty and protect him from harm
if he would repudiate Christianity
and proclaim himself Mahomet-
an. He refused.
Then, with knives, swords,
hatchets, clubs and stones, the
mob fell upon him and covered
him with wounds. After he was
dead they lifted huge rock above
him and mashed his head. A rope
was then tied around the neck of
the dead body, and it was dragged
over the ground for two miles, and
thrown into pool of dirty water.
A guard was placed over 1t, and
ordered not to permit the relatives
to remove it. His garments, mon
ey and jewelry were divided up
among the crowd.
"My uncle, the murdered man S
father, succeeded in bribing the
guard for a sum equallng $40
American money, and the body
was removed to his house, where
it was photographed"
Mr.. Sargls here exhibited a pho
tograph of the mutilated body,
showing that it was covered with
horrible stabs, long cuts and
bruises.
.'lIe was stabbed Il times, con
tinued Mr.. Sargis, "and was bruls-
ed all over with stones and clubs.
This man had been great help to