The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-19

CHASTITY CRIMES.
Further Details Of Atrocities
By Turkish Troops in
Armenia.
ALL WOMEN VIeTIMIzED
Horrible Massacre at lleh-The
Governor Incited the Mos.
lem Fiends.
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

| An extract from a private letter dated
February Is. from a place near Palu,
| follows
- IT am receiving new accounts of
turkish lust You know Tadem sup
pose there IS not female there between
tweiv and fifty who has not ben VIC
1la4! I'm ana tn Agha Hadji Bego supplies the
zabtichs who are there on guard. No one
oares to refuse. In New Aogh on the
way to Palu, at the time Of the massacre,
IN dfe ssI,r sSsh,ristians an took refuge in the stable
came IN and selected one for himself and
ms soS servants followed his example.
,,,l,an Tahe wife Of the Melek (chieD Of the
not female from II to so who has not
peen violated A yuz-bashi Captain of
one one nundred) a few days ago asked the
are none left. The Melik of Engham has
one; demand her. The fear is SO great
| IN many places that a man does not care
70 refuse his wife or daughter to q
Turk This does not happen in Palu
village, though Palu women and girls
nave been abducted and abused.
+oa.as Autnen5lc reports from the interior
towns where there are no foreigners to
Write and news comes in slowly. In De-
cemper 1le It was telegraphed that a massacre
any details been received. The foiiowinsr
letter is from neighboring city, ana
Well emphasizes what may have been for
gotIen-one participation of the Govern
=. Turkey Feb II, ls96.-zilleh is
town OF 1900 houses, 3S0-400 being Ar
Ineenlan, ea l5-20 Greek and the rest Turkish.
AFTER the announcement of the scheme
| OF reforms, when disastrous events were
| reported Of other cities, 1900 Rodif (re-
sefve) soldiers were drafted and half
| Of them being ouartered in q Khan Wath
| Fhe other half stationed within and about
| the city, it was hoped that Zilleh would
pe Kept in safety. But threats from the
turkish population being heard and in-
creasing, the Armenians grew fearful.
Some desiring to close their shops and
remove their goods to their houses were
| prevented by the officers VINO called tbe
| principal men of the Armenians. assured
them there was nothing to fear and
| urged them to continue their business
| ,,,,s3 M9Vemper ea1. ~ being the time Of an an
nual falr at Zilleh, the authorities sent
/ out ef the city the crowd of Circassians
| hurds and villagers who had gathered
| leaving the city to it's usual inilabifarts
| The Armenian fear increasing, the Gov.
i eraor sent them a document saying
Ihe government is making all this ex-
+ pense Tor your protection and for YOU
to show fear is an insult to the Govern
ment, for which | sharll treat you as
rebels, and determine your punishment 4
/ Hence on Thursday, November 2S most
I Armenian shopkeepers were in their
places and of those whose business did
not reqq1re shops, fifty or sixty of the
| lice at a Sasino in the market under pre-
| tence cf business about taxes.
| At noon the trumpet was blown and
the Turks-soldiers and civilians together
began to assault Armenians with the
| cry Down with Armeniansl This is the
sultan sultan j order! Real estate to crown
A captain gave. orders to forty or fifty
soldiers to open fire. They obeyed, and
when the Armenians tried to run from the
! market to their homes, they encountered
/ tn soldiers stationed in the wards as
/ we'll as the armed Turish mob, neither of
whom showed any quarter to the Chris
1 tians Of those in the Casino all but
| fifteen or twenty were killed, the latter
escaped. on by one. though wounded. In
two ge,aI,e hours s. 2O9 shops wre looted. The
| do not fail in the killing. plundering or
praying for the Sultanp' The other offieers
| joined in the killing.
| A major attended to the distribution
hausted The oflceFs managed annps Ios To have ave
| the most valuable plunder secured by
FROM the market the attack proceeded
by several orderly bands to the differ
ing over walls into upper windows. and
| at any one in sight. Under cover of their
fire the mob burst open gates, delivered
| houses. A prominent man. long a men,
ber of the Idare Mejlias (counciD was
killed with his. two sons and thrown from
| an upper window with the remark: Get
| a move on you,.. the Governor wants you
| at the meeting"
A woman tried to, intercede for her hus-
| band, and was killed with him, their
/ young babe sharing their fate
| An old man of go years was killed by
| the mob. and then his skull was broken
in pieces by man equally aged. A
| young man was halted by the crowd, and
| man put his revolver in the hand of
/ his son, alad of eight or ten years of age
/ kill giaours.''
The alternatives of life on the accept
ance of Islam was commonly offered A
/ priest barred his own breast to the weap-
/ ons around him rather than deny Christ.
| Another said 81 do not believe in Mo-
hammed and I will die for the honor of
while saying: I'm the name of the Fas
tner and of the Son and Of the Holy
In all, 200 shops and 300 houses were
| looted, $50 to 200 were killed; 50 to 60
wounded. One hour before sunset, the
\ trumpet was again blown and the mob
be called from the spoil, till sunset put
| an end to activity, and gave the remain
ing Armenians time to realize the hor-
| rors of their situation. When the trump
| ct blew, it was announced by crier that
4 the remaining Armenians should be
gathered to the Government for protec-
| ton.
| Only IS or 20 could then be found These
| were escorted to the Government House,
| helped along With the butt end of guns.
/ They were told that they would be killed
| at sunset unless they became Moslerns,
! and turbans Of green and white were
found about their heads in n, the .atteInpt
4 same change was forced on those who
| took refuge in Turkish houses.
II During the n1SHt' the QeaQE were taken
up in wagons and carried to the dump
ing grounds outside the city. Though
| the wounded begged to be carried home
they were killed and carried out with the
/ rest. Bodies were thrown from upper
windows and dragged by cords tied to
the feet. The next day 100 were buried
/ in one trench in the Armenian cemetery
| of whom all but three were cut and
hacked beyond recognition, as testify the
doctor and priest in attendance The bur-
al place of the rest is unknown TO this
i day.
/ The Arnenians had hidden in garrets.
under straw or manure, and many in the
\ houses of Turks The latter sheltered
them. first in the hope of winning them
to Islam, second in the hope of money
reward. and third, in a few cases out
of true friendship and humanity. The
4 saved and the church premises antouch-
ed, apparently owing to the friendship
of one Turkish woman
The next day all were gathered to the
4 Government. where they were urged to
become Mohaminedans. do NOT rely
upon European Christians,' was said.
1.-THE English has fled with their fleets.
and the Russians have accepted Mohan-
L mechanism. Two of these persons be-
came Mohammedans. and a score of men
4 were imprisoned. There never had been
4 revolutionary society in the place.
When orders came for examination In
i to the event. two Turks were imprisoned.
They bawled out: The Governor gave
and now they Will pur Us ii prison.
the total loss il estimated at one hum