The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-28

dennity'
BosroN, Nov, 27.-Tho following iS
condensation OF Iettera received in Bos'
ton, descriptive Of the recent massacre
in Erzeroum, Eastern Turkey:
~ do not thing much killing was
DONE" says the writer. but a very great
deal Of plumber was carried oil. Tho
thing has been threatening for several
weeks, but we judged that, with the
presence of shakir pa.ha and the now
vail, Reyut Paaha, this city might
escape, but IL did not went 10 the
telegraph Office to send q message.
Suddenly heard yelling aud shots be.
hind ma. Iran home as last as could.
Tho firing was quite hot, aud others
who watched my aIght declare that Il
number of Turks followed me and fred
ut mo rs much Ra dozen timoi. met
a patrol, and as | passed the head OF it,
the officers gave tho order 10 Are. That
stopped my pursuers. One OF the men
OF tie patrol fired his revolver very
diSayreeably near in my direction.
However, reached home safely. There
the refugees bsCan TO flock, mostly
women and children.
TERRIBLE SCENES.
"Thc night passed quietly. Occasional
firing In other parts OF the city kept uS
on tho qui vive. However, no mob
ventured down our street. We got into
communication with tue consul and
finally got guard OF elk soldiers, He
had dispatched Il guard to uS the even.
ing before. aud 1t failed TO come 70 US.
The morning evealed o dreadful state
otthings. The missing began to como
in. Tho stories OF hair.bread.h escapes
and thrilling experiences and horrible
murders were sckening in the extreme,
Two Americans hidden in some hay
witnessed the killing Of eleven persons.
One man was called to the door by an
officer who proissSed TO bs friendly and
was cut down in cold blood. Others
were cruelty murdered. The doath roll
must be toward 800, II not more, Be-
tween fifty aud sixty wounded are In
the hospital. Two hundred were gath
orcd In the Armenian cemetery, Goms
Of them most horribly mutllaIed. There
must be many wounded In the di1erent
houses. All sorts OF rumon are about
Of another bloody attack being deter
mined on. The people are Ia an awful
state OF dread. did what ! could TO
reassure them. Tho collection OF tho
dead goes on. Three hundred and six
teen are collected In the graveyard. The
pillaged houses are TO be counted by the
hundreds. No houss which was at.
tackled was left till II was emptied OF
every movable thing.
ONE SCENE.
"ono hoartrsnding scene was the fol-
lowing:
"a battered door was pushed aside
which admitted US to a long passage.
way. The door at the end Of the pas.
saveway wa. in aplintorS. Passing it,
we entered tho lower room or kitchen OF
the house. In the middle Of this small
room, living side by side on mat, were
tho bodies Of two young women, almost
naked. and light covering thrown over
thoir heads. Az the other side Of tho
room griei.Btrickou woman was try.
ing to make bread from q little -four
that had been left. She had to borrow
utensils TO do 1t. She left her work and
came forward and answered the hrat
question by removing tho covering
from the bodies, Thoy wero those oil
young women developing into mother.
hood. The head aud face Of one was
covered with blood, and Sho was also
badly wounded Ia tho hand The other
had bullet wound through tho abdo.
mon from tho right side. Acompanion A
Of these two had been carried of, and
was lying in another house. Their
lIvos were sacrificed In defense OF their
honor. Wo passed through tho ruins
Of some other rooms, The boxes and
furniture were In splinters, the windows
we're smashed, the walls were plouGbed
with bullets, and there was not to be
seon bit OF household goods. Tho
1oor was covered With big patches OF
blood. In another house wo saw two
dead bodies, an aged father and his
mlddc.agod son, lying In pools Of blood,
tho house a wreck aud the people wall.
ing aud hungry.
AWFUL CRUELTY.
"Tho bodioa lying in tho cemetery uro
simply wrecks OF human boiugs. Awful
crtMlty was pracLiced, Tho majority
hnvo bullet wounds. Noarly all havu
bayonot, sword aud dagger wounds,
some badly mutilated. Two or throo
were skinned, and some wOrO burned
with kerosene. A gtOat many women
aro missing. Worry many Of tho dead
hayo buan disposed Of by tho Turks
themselves. There are hundreds who
hnvs nothing to cal aud no means OF
getting anything Tho wounded arc
being collected, Tho killed fat exceed
the wounded,
"rho yIlIagos Of tho plain havo sui.
ietod awiully. No definite noWa--onlv
lho nova that columns Of smoke told.
Tho massacre evidently was a pro.
arranged affair II began all ovOr tho
city NJ tho aano moment. Tho buglU
was sounded and tho Boldlors began.
They frat Ealili No harm to women OF
chillrOn. Hut thOy soon passed those
boundS A soldier who was on guard