New-York tribune., 1895-12-28
HOW ZElTOUN WAS TAKEN
CHRISTIANS SAID TO HAVE LOST $500 MEN
AND THE TURKS 250.
THE srI.TAN's ARTILLERY DID THE WoRN-A"-
urN,.Ns co,rrY RECEIVED BY THE GAR
TRAVELLERS ROBBED AND MURDERED
ON THEIR WAY TO HARPooT-
PROTESTANT TEACHER

A PROTESTANT TEACHER
FLAYED ALIVE
Co,e,a,tinonle De-, 27-A semi-ofilcial dis
match from Mersina. near Adana. says II Is re-
nor.ed there that the Armenians lost 2,ooo men
and the Turks go in the lighting which resu''eu
IN tho recapture Of Zeitoun by the Turks
London. Dec Eth, Daily News VIII To-
morrow publish dispatch from Cons'an,ihopie
saving that a great number OF the Armeh'ahs III
Zeitoun fed from the City before II was
~, tho Turks These refugees have reached
trilis in Halab where the Turks Will make an
attack upon them
The disDatcn adds that the capture OF Heitonn
was due 10 the superior strength OF the Iurkish
artillery
Tho St Petersburg agent of the Armenian De-
fence League reports that deputat.on Oh A'"e-
nian ecclesastics. who wer" sent on fhissio"
TO the Russian capital to mplore the Czar pro-
tcction was cody received. Prince i>opahoh
Rostovsky. the Minister of Foreign Airairs. eN-
rrossed tho op,nion to the deputaton that Rus
sia had alre ady made large sacrifices In pehail
of the Christian subjects of the Porte. lie added
that If publicly invited by at least three Powers
including Great Britain. ,he Car would be able
TO pacifcally administer the disturbed province
Of Anatolia. But he must be assured of. the sup
port OF Europe.
"The Chronicle interpre;s this meaning
that Lord Salisbury will ask the Car 10 do for
Armenia what the Emperor Of Austria has done
for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Teegraphing under date OF December 26. the
CORRESPONDENT OF the United Press at C0netan-
tinople saws il Is reported there that the Ar
menians who held possession of Zetoun when it
was recaptured by the Turkish forces Were unable
to make use OF the two cannon. which had been
mounted for the defence OF the place, being un-
trained in the use OF such weapons. According
TO the report the Armenans fled on December
o. The Porte has information that the women
in the beleaguered city made their escape prloi
TO the time that the United States Minister IN
Constantinonle received promises from the Porte
that the missionaries would be protected at thelr
various posts. ,.,
Weeks ago some hundreds of Armenians. win
their families were proceeding home to Harpoot
from Adana where thev had been working, nav
ing among them 1900, the amount of their earn
ings For some time after their departure from
Adana no tidings OF them were receiNeu' anu
1t was then rumored that they had been mas
sacred This rumor, however, was not credited
until a survivor Of the parry returned TO Adana
and narrated the experiences OF himself ana MS
companions. He reported that nahu OF roDperS,
all armed. had attacked the party at the edge or
the Marash plain and ascertaning the identity
Of the custodian Of the money constituting the
earnings of the party. tortured him until he dls-
closed it's place OF cUncealment The custodian
of the money was afterward killed together with
several others of the party; after the robbers
left the survivors proceeded. Upon reaching
point beyond Marash. near Malatia, they were
attacked by another band and most or them
were killed. including four women and several
children.
1t has happened that during the massacres at
Marash Mr.. Levon teacher in the Protestant
High School at that plac", was subjected 10 . tne
torture of being fayed alive and then deliberately
killed