Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-27
IELEGRAPHIC.
The EGIN MASSACRE.
l,n,pbns Killed and Their Bodies
Fed 10 The Dogs.
OYER Two THOUSAND yICrlns
T,,r En;friainsd That the Slaughter
VIII u, Rtsumsd VIII II the
SNOW Fails.

posroE, Oct 2G.--Advloes from
Karut. Eastern Turkey, received In
ps,,ou, confirm dispatches to the As.
,oeated Press In regard to the extont
ard baibAfiiy Of tho rsosnt massacre
=, EsIp, Thoso advioea state that
many u the dead we're left In the
,lt,ets for days az fosd for dogs and
large numbers were thrown into the
Euphraies. The bodies were seen
noaiins down the river forty aud fiily
miles below the city. In some cases
whole families were obli,era,ed.
Exact statistics Of course cannot be
given now. but II 10 feared 1900 IL On
underestimate.
All the testimony at hand concus
In ,howing that tho Massacre was oil.
eisI and that II was wholly without
fotson.
CossrAErIsoPLB, oct. co. The
Armenian report of the Egin mac
sscfe tay that 1900 Armenlans were
Killed nj Egin, aud 20 far ~ known no
Turks were killed. Nearly 1000 houses
vrfs burned, leaving only $50 houses
Standing for the Christian population,
Tue official account oi tho aiiair IL
thnt the Afmenians remained IN the
chufch ON Sunday anu Monday 20
long as 10 excite suspicion, and that
the government officials were sent 10
invsitignie. Tho officials arc SAID 10
have found that the Armenians gath
cred IN the church had placed n rope
tf0uud the neck OF tue representative
OF the Armenian patriarch ana were
dragging him around tho church ami
shouting, "Why did you not allow US
10 make q disturbance befortl"
The Turkish oiilciala claim that the
shot fred on Tuesday, September lOih,
which prfclpilated tho massacre, was
ffei by Ksssib MaDveg, n prominent
Armenian, and that thu Armenians
Issued from their church armed with
50l rides. and with bombs bearing tho
ntme OF their doposed patriarch, IL.
miriam, aud marched 10 the upper
part Of tho town, where they met the
soldiers who were returning from div.
log 81 the kurde, anu that the AT
muuians nrcd upon the soldiers anu
Killed toverai OF them. This tho Turks
ay, LED 10 repTiaals.
Whichever vorsion Of the massacre
Al Egin II true, there h no doubt that
the effect OF the slaughter, plundeTing
aud burning IL very serious. 10 IA
claimed Ia certain quarters that when
The heavy SHOWS are 90 the ground
anu tho escape OF the unfortunate Ar.
meuians ~ almost impossible, when
the telegraph wires are down and the
lFsaNa Il.
his buichefing with the knowledge
that tho news will not reach Eirops
or America until tho mHssaosus are
denied or eventually condoned by
lapse Of time.
Tue reports from Egin also say that
number Of Christlaue have been
murdered Ia an adjacent vill-ge eincs
tue massacfes. The events Of tho past
year have seriously weakened the
authority OF the Turkish government
over its Mohnmmedan sublpcls. Very
little confidence eau be- placed In the
soldiers and gems d'afmef, gs the latter
have received no pay for many months
and soc no prospect OF getting any.
While Mgr. Barielomoos, looum ten.
ems OF the Armenian patrlaTchato, was
entering n carriage today Tour men at
tempted 10 RrsassinAte him, but they
were srizsd by the piolate's ceo9r Ons
VI the would.be nssatHius saald 10 be IA
Armenian, and It Ia explained that
Mgr. BaItelomeos Ia unpopular with a
section Of the Armenians, owing, u l.
added,to his vleucy 10 the palace
authorities. Mgr. BArlelomeJs was
formerly archbishop Of Breush, Rud
was chosen iocum tenens OF toe AT.
menian patriarch, Matthew IEmirliaD,