The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-30
REV. KNAPP'S CASE.
The Charge Which He Will
Have to Face.
CONSPIRACY THE MAIN ISSUE,

Ahe Evidence NJ Nollectcu FROM A"fh-
ish Standpoint Il Varied ant Many
Minor Details Given Of the AnAir.
Rev Knapps Trial wm Take Place
At constantinople.
NEW YORK, July 29.-Mrs. George =.
Knapp, wife Of the Rev. George
p. Knapp Of the foreign mission board
who was arrested at Bitlis, eastern
Turkey, ON the charge Of conspiring
against the Turkish government, has ar
rived in this city from the east. Mrs
Knapp left her husband in Constanh-
nople to stand his trial upon the charges
which have been preferred against him.
After Mr.. KnApp's arrest IN Bitlis
where he was q missionary, he was
taken under a guard Of soldiers to Alex
andrctta, his passport having been
stamped expelled, at AlcpPo.
The government officials gave him
permission 10 leave the country in safe
~, and were, apparently, anxious that
ne should leave. He declined to depart
however, until he had been accorded
formal hearing upon the unjust COM
plants against him with sufficient OPP
portunity TO defend himself.
Upon this inhstence, the government
Immediately proceeded to secure e1'
parte affidayits and dispositions A. to his
alleged wrong doing, with the result
that charges were drawn from the
sworn statements Of 20 persons, whose
names are attached 10 the legal docu-
ments These charges were presented
by the Turkish minister Of foreign At
fairs TO the United States charge DAT
fairs at Constantinople. Following is a
COPY Of the official translation OF the
charges upon which the American mis-
sionary will be tried before a Turkish
tribunal:
This missionary, who was one OF
the principal mainstays Of the HuntchA'
gist Crevolutionist) committee at Bitlis'
indulgs d in all sorts Of subversive In
trigues. Il was at his instigation that
Armenian agitators provoked disturb
ances in the province. In fact this
missionary was always in correspond
ence with Arpenian leaders, among
whom was Hampadcom. alias McOrad
chief Of tho Sassoun and Telou insur
gents in order to stir mp trouble with
view Of creating an American princi
pality In Asia Minor, and used to sent
10 sassoun and elsewhere, under tn
pretext Of distributing aid, omissane
who were charged with the mission o
giving most pernicious counsel to tn
inhabitants.
"Incited by him, Agitator Horsep' so
Of Garabed, and several Of his Armen
ian companions had attempted IN tn
, open streets Of Bitlis to forcibly ahduC
a Kurdish girl from her parents, ut IN
same time calling the latter by the mos
, abusive names and disappearing the I'm
pcrial government and the Mussulma
religion. The missionary, In compan
. with certain agitators, held meetings
various places In order to prepare u
Bills incident Il Is he who had VI
. grants in his hire and armed them thi
trouble might be provoked.
HE encouraged the credulous A
menians to attack the mosque durir
the Friday prayer and to kill the fait'
full and TO assassinate notables who
:, they met in lonely places.
" In one word, he did his utmost
disturb order and peace. lie acted As
intermediary Of guilty correspondent
- and operated abroad.
= ut was by the alarm signal given
means OF bell which he had plac
ncar his house that the Armenians 10
N in rebellion.
4. 1T is also stated in their dcpositio
that this missionary was aware OF
revolutionary ideas held by the a
menians, and he urged them TO assassi
IN ate some Of their fellow Christians
order that the crime might be aitrib'
n cd TO Mussulmen. Quite recently \
e. Knapp has used abusive language
c. ward the Mussulmen passing In front
on his house and has sought topruyoke d
ed turbancos,"