The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-13
HORRORS UNTOLD.
The Same Fearful Tale of Turkish Atroci-
ties.

Lynn, Mass, January 11.-Jacob
Avazian, a member of the Lynn Arme-
MAN colony, received today letter tr ON
an uncle in Armenia that gives grapic
account of the brutal masscres OF Chris.
tians not only in the city Uf Harpoot but
also of the butchering of the Armenian
people by the Turks and Kurds, in the
entire Harpoot province. The letter is
dated December l, and gave later details.
by two weeks, than any of the letters re-
ceiyed previously by the Lynn Arme.
mans. 1t contains long list of names
Of Armenian peasants who were massa-
cred by the Turks, all of whom have re-
latives in Lynn. Many Lynn Armenians
were made aware for the first time, that
parents, brothers. sisters and other rela-
tives had been killed in the general
slaughter, while the description of the
scenes at their death were
HEARTRENDING IN THE Elk
IRENE.
One village of 1900 Inhabitants was
attacked in the early morning and the
bloody work of massacre went on unin.
terrruptedly for over two hours No male
was spared in this village and only about
80 escaped. So great was the slaughter
that hundreds of bodies of dead Chris.
tians wero thrown into a Christian Gem.
etery by Moslem soldiers and left there
unburied, as the few surviving Chris.
tians in hiding were BILE to assist in
the burial of their own relatives for fear
of being slaughtered themselves. Dogs
were preying on the dead bodies and the
writer said the scene was one Of such hor.
ror that it could not be described.
One Armenian, who was a
NATURALIzED AMERICAN CITIZEN
was butchered in this village. He was
Krebor hayajanian, of alden, Mass,
formerly employed by the Boston Rubber
company. lie worked in Boston and
Maiden for several years, during which
he took out his naturalization papers,
but returned to lis native land four
years ago, where he purchased q comfort
able home with his savings This
home was looted and RACED to the ground
fter it's owner was foully slain. His
son, Avoids kayajanian, who also at one
time WAS a Maiden resident and had
taken out his papers of American citizen
ship, was severely wounded, but escaped
with his life TO the mountains, where
he was in hiding when the letter was
written, but likely to die. The Lynn
ArmenaiEs have given up hope of being
able to send any assistance to their
suffering relatives in Armenia, who may
have escaped the general slaughter. II
is understood that the Kayajanian cases
will be brought to the notice of Secretary
of State Olney, who will be expected to
demand reparation for the killing of one
of these meE and the possible murder of
the other from the Turkish government.
Miss Barton's Mission,
Washington, January 11.-At an enthu-
siastic meeting held last night in the
First Congregational church in this city
to express sympathy for the Armenian
sufferers which was presided over by
Justice Harlan of the United States Su :
preme court and at which over 2,00(
persons were present, Miss Barton made
the announcement that at a meeting
held in New York yesterday, such salts
factory guarantees Ut pecuniary aid had
beer received that in about two weeks
she would be prepared TO sail for Arme-
MIA Then the brave veteran pnilanthro.
phist added this pathetic appeal:
"1f live to come back, judge me not
harshly nor praise me unjustly, for
shall only have done all THAI I could.
may not meet with you again. therefore
l bid you good bye"
With one accord the great audience
rose and testified its earnest sympathy
for Miss Barton in her important mis-
sion, and Justice Harlan added an ex-
preston of his desire that Miss Barton
should leave the United States on the
best ship of the United States navy, ub.
viously referring to the armed cruiser
New York, understood to be under orders
for Turkish waters.