Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-17
A TURKISH PRISON
WOMEN mAunrALLY OUTRAGED.
Girls sold NJ rublic Auction 70 the Tax
Gaihercrs aud lIridc, Captured
by turks.

NANiJuuc 3 -. From the Associated
Pfcss couespondunt Boo Armenia Tho
prison o. Van, where The Armenian
prisoners are confined, Is located uudrt
the shadow Of the cuy wall auI NJ a
point whefo the 70 uud issI low NJ 90
receive the drainage Of tho fts, OF the
city, Like the other tuilduys OF the
city II Il ruilt o. sundtied brick laid in
the mud. The prison b. only ouc.stlfy
building aud with no provision Tor
keeping II dty.
The Inner prison consists u Xix long.
narrow rooms, three ON each sliu ui a
common lBstugUwHy, into which they
urun. LIch room l. about twelve feet
wide anu from Thirty tu forty feet long,
IaH Two windows 90 the outer ruI nud
Two small wiudIwa huI a uauru tHr
inner emu opening Into the uaFaA.p.
Duuug Toe lat winter from Thirty 90
iofty men were crowded into each o.
Those rooms, sleep us 90 The 4 lUr, n
TOW along each val, ~ that if their
.ent were iiti'u more than ordinarily
extended thu two rows would Interfere
with each other. Some times lhpru
we're twenty .twU mon in each row,
allowing only about eighteen Inches
Tor zach pcgsJn.
Tho i've ANAL cells mentioned nfp
damp, dark and entirely unWufmeI
i0t winter a prisoner, kufAkpgl
faghcihitrun ~ name, was kent in
mo Ui these cells fourteen consecutive
mouthB with loot ivltftH oil tug lime
nud with mundane iuuh tt'cr- mucn
ui Tue time. AtuTaa..s no was o..
moved g. Que o., tho inner cells which
Q" oven vouc, uuI where uc now b..
Ito was 10 rll 20. au average VI uuCp
d DAY.
wuNES OUTRAGED.
Apart rUs tuu ruuaI buIchery Of
Stsuuu, the most u,IuiuI feature Of Inc
Armenian tiiya lUu 0. the position u'
tue Armenian women. Ole caun1l
iuVesIis ate tuis phase ~ tho subject
without ifclinrs " rage aud haifaf
over tue insulis ana uutFagur 10 which
these poor creatures are Hutlectd.
After tie most careful ptftUnal itqury
the Correspondent IL attic tuttsit' that
In hundreds OF Villages iu Afmsul,
there 10 hardy cue woman, old or
young, who Ia not from umu to time
made tho victim VI the passion Of the
hutds anu IutEs, In oil tue vlllgg,a
Of Armenia the Chfistian women.
10th old ana young, are absolutely nj
the mercy " their Kurdish Anl TUX.
ish uolghhOp. Ihis N rot tue Gaze
10 The lafgvr cities Of Van, Bitlir,
Moush anu Et1,rUum, because In therr
citieH the large Armenian population
Il IN Itself Il protection to the women,
hut In the villages whore the Anne,
Mans are 10 the minority protection BE-
n0l possible und tue women are a. thp
beck nad call " any TURK OF Euu
who happens 10 take fancy tIti.m.
Moreover, this state OF thiugs h tht, o.
be we'll Known TO the Turkish govern.
mvut
IT'S the custom Of the government
TO cell 90 tie highest bidder the taA
privilege OF tue vafiUul vlllugrf, ru
pufuhaicf having tho right o. collect
all uitbci uAts nom The IcOplr.lu yy.y
many uaFcH the number OF young 4
meuinu women Iu a village ma q great
roai 10 DO VITA tue price paid fuT the
tax privilege. When thB pubic sale
h made NJ the tax privilege u Is NO
| uncommon thing for the nuCli0ntrf 90
call out Ia the market place 40 that nll
may hear, tbats) many girls arc avail
| able IN the village. When man has
purchased the tax privilege Off village
he cOubiIom that he also bought anu
paid for She women OF tho village aud
any attempt on the part Of tho hus.
bands, brothers OF fathers 10 resent
this Interpretation Of the law II lOgkvj
upon vs. nigh treason, punishable with
death. IL tho Armenian men Oh jeet
10 this treatment OF their women they
are beaten anu driven from the villages
and IN many cases killed,
The TAX purchaser IL able 10 make az
extra prUtit cut u his village by rent.
ing nut TO his friends among the Turks
Hud kuTds the privilege OF making use
of such women ~ he does DOT want iUt
himself anu kurla who cannot afford
~ psy TOT this privilege content them.
selves with taking the women y force
when tho owner Of the village is not
| present.
tbs women who suffer The most sfc
the bflde-, kufds anu rutk think Il
great sport 90 carry on bride from
/ the very arms Of her husband aud 10
/ keep her In th0i houses until they
have become tired Of her presence