The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-16

WLsHlSoToH, D, O., August l5.-The
dsparsment OF state has just received
from Mfatsssr Terrell report dated
July ., which throws some light on
tho report tslegraphed from CONSTANT.
popls a few days ago saying the Amsri.
can citizens had been Injured at Marso-
van, From Minister TerrelPs report it
appears that on July II an Armenian
named GArAbed was RssaIslnated at
MSuovan. close to the church.door as
be was going to attend early service.
Among those arrested for the crime
was a uaturalizod citizen who had been
s,tudsnI at the American college at
Mar.OyAu, but who, as Consul JeWess
vm informed, had been dropped from
the rolls some months before,
Minister Terrell was promptly In.
formed concerning tile assassination
and the imprisonmOnts which followed
H. and took immediate stGps to insure
itif treatment Of the nRtRFaliZed Giii.
rsns, and called Upon Mr., Jewett for
any Trustworthy Information he might
have regarding the danger to the Mis-
IIon teachers ut MarsovGn from Arme'
nian rsvOlulioniAta by reason OF threats
10 assassiuate them, aud al'o the pre-
stationary measures for their protec.
lion Afforded or rendered BY the local
Turkish Ruthorlties.
lie informed Mr.. JeWeA that though
Turkey has \ right to sxpel undesirable
rlu,ei Of people from her territory, she
ha, no right to treat the acquired Amer
lean citizenship Of them as an otlense
and to impriIon them Tor that cause,
nor to imprison them on mere suspi.
cion. He instructed him in such cases
promptly to demand their release, and
that II any OF them ars arrested while
engaged in armed resistance to the
government to demand a fair trial.
Mr. Terrell's report Of tho Marsovan al
fair il based upon q verbal statement OF
Mr.. Dwight, a leading American mission
ary at Constantinopls. and is as follows:
"More than n year ago sixteen per
sons at MarIoyan received written no.
tee that they would be killed unless
thew would cooperate with the Armen.
ian rsyolu,ionisls. President Tracy and
Professor Riggs, Of Marsoyan college,
were two OF these, They had incurred
the ill-will Of tile revolutionists by retus-
Ing to receive in the college the sons
Of certain men suspected OF being
pyolutionists. Garabed, who was as.
nssinated was another OF the sixteen
who receivel notico and Mr.. Dwight
has been Informed that still another
has been aSsassinated. A Turkish guard
was furnished at the request ot MI.
Terrell 10 protect the American tAnil-
fe. from the assassins. Mr.. Dwight
considers this guard sufficient to protect
the missionaries at the college, aud Mr.
Terrell has aot applied for an addi'
uonai force.
"Ths local governor informed the Ar
nenians after the killing that h0 in
tended TO arrest all SulpecIod person.,
aud impriion them until they revealed
tho names Of the guilty ones; that their
object was 70 provoke Turkish Ven'
geancs In order 70 secure the Sympathy
md Intervention OF Christian Europe,
bu, that they would not succeed, ns no
had caused Il to bo preached IN tho
mosques for months that such was their
object and that any Turk who killed q
ChisIiGn would be the worst enemy oil
Islam.
Mr. Terrell adds that tho revolution:
iIu at Marsoyan had Organized aud
marked tho American professors long
beI1re the SaSIOuu atrocities.