The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-07
THE POT CALLED THE KETTLE BLACK"
BECAUSE THE HOUSEWIFE DIDN'T USE
SAPOl 10
was Istillion, a tall Greek boy, a grad

was Istillion, tall Greek boy, a grad
rate OF AintaO college, and a fine fel
| low. You will remember Simon Hoji
! Keupellian? His two brothers-in-lav
were killed in Marash, and his family
stripped of every thing. His wife write:
from a stable and tells they have not Z
bed or any food and scarcely any cloth.
| ing left. All of our Marash student
| at st. Pauls institute here have lost
friends in the massacre, and theis home
| have been plundered of everything
! Such sad times a these arel Our sym
paths nearly kill U.s. The poor boys
| cry day and night. One boy Is down
with brain fever from anxiety"
1 have just returned from Mersina,
| where 1 went TO mail important letters
on the steamer from Marash. l saw
Captain O'Neil OF the Marblehead.
had TO see our American vice consul.
who saw the Mentesarff turkish mag
istrate), and had a strong telegram sent
at once, ordering extra care for US,
and Of the institute. There was a dis
turbance in Tarsus the night before,
but our police put 1t down. TefegramS
will not be sent about such matters
from us missionaries, and natives are
not safe when carrying messages. SO
either Mr.. Christie or I had to go to
Merisina to past and report the trou-
first class, and in compartment all
alone. We are safe in comparison with
others. The Marblehead still stays in
port.
The intensely personal and syInpa-
thettc interest this letter displays may
be better understood when II Is learned
that Rev. T. d. Christie. d. D.. and his
wife labored for fifteen years at Marash.
They naturally still feel as II It We're
81 y.
there. But many Of these they will
never see on earth again
In another letter to Miss Barnes from
Mrs. Christie there occurs this emphatic
statement Il know most positively
that no Christian Armenian, Protestant
or Catholic, was IN any sense the ag-
gNesSOr or cause OF the recent horrors"
The bodies OF those killed at Marash
were dragged by the soldiers under a
huge bridge IN order 10 prevent their
being found and identified. During the
massacre no Christians were safe.
Catholics as well as Protestant were
alike in danger.
Salib OghlO Garrett, whose picture ac-
companies this report, was a prorn.n-
ent merchant in Marash, and acted as
banker for the missionaries
From another letter this one detail Of
the current cruelties in Marash is fet-
took place things were in a state Of I'M
safety. and terror began to seize the
people. Here and there individuals
were shot down Topiian Garabet, a
very prominent Christ business man
and a sincere church worker, who once
gave 120 lire (about $500 for the girls
college at Marash. was one OF these. He
was out IN his rice field. and was over
taken, probably on his return home. by
the soldiers. He was killed very shock
ingiy, was horribly mu1Lated. and as /
face skinned.
a man who, together with hts family, /
was 1nvolurcaE1ly q SIeless 20 that hor-
-ioie some attempted 20 fee. but was
seized by TIE Turks and had both arms
cut Of His little children were then |
horrible buocherer before their mothers /
eyes Finally. Ike caru.vorous beasts. /
they fell upon her and literally cut her i
10 pieces Those people 50 b-utaLly Kill 4
81 Were among the t-1est and most sf-
icienr Christians IN the place. In saot 1
he whole Christian community Al MAJ
asn was characterized By q rare spin.
u LIBERAL large sympathy.
The A-meI-zns are never allowed 10
airy arms. They are under suspicion
z every way. The one 7rho has so<ne
property o. personal belongings must
sonce-aa y, for he dare na- make any
,1SpAay- And n pubic they are -
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2aves o. our own soi so- AGO years"
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