New-York tribune., 1896-02-05
that the new woman so called Is one of DR.. Nor
daus degenerates. CLARA MARSHALL.
New-York, JAM 81 1896.
AN EYEWITNESS OF ATROCITIES
LETTER FROM AN ARMENIAN GENTLEMAN OF
cAEsAREA DETAILING THE PITILEss
TUT

CAESAREA DETAILING THE PlTlLESS
FERoCITY OF THE TURKS.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The inclosed letter has been received by the
latest mail from Caesarea, Asia Minor The writer
of the letter is man holding responsible position
In a business house In Caesarea which has European
connections and he is trustworthy and intelligent
person. A. AYVAZIAN, NJ ~.
New-York, February 1. 1896.
In the district between Gemerek and Caesarea
twenty-seven Armenian villages have been pilaged
and burned. The villages this side OF GemereK'
thirteen, and nve six hours distant. such as
Burhan, Dendil, Tekmen. etc, were a.so pil.aged
and ruined. Burhan ravaged five times ana
Tekmen times. The raiders carried plunder
from Dendl for three days continuously. They car
RED away even the old mats and wooden spoons
from the houses. No clothing, no bedding no
utensils and no food eft to the survivors in
these villages The pcop.e have been living on heros
gathered from the hillsdes. and cooked IN the
petroleum tins which the raiders had brought along
full Of petroleum to fire the houses with. In many
places the food stores which the enemy could not
carry away were polluted and rendered unht TO
eat by pouring upon them petroleum and hlth.
In the district Of Tounouz the Armenian villages
especially Hantavoz. kazmakara and Patsih' were
pi.laged and burned All the inhabitants were
butchered and the young women were carried Off
Some OF the villages utterly destroyed that
now there is sign that there was ever such VII
age in existence In this whoe region no place IN
tablted by Armenians. except Talas and Gemerek
has ESCAPED. At Ge merck the Turks joined the Ar
roen!ans to drive away the raiders, VINO h9"eVei
carried away about l,gOO sheep ana cattle ana dpou
100 horse loads of wheat and -four from the neighoor
The following figures given by those who have
the registers as the result OF 6ne oan ~.
and girls abducted 80: houses burned ., some oi
the young women abducted have not yet been found
Some have been brought back one by one rs yet
no Christian. Armenian Greek IN the city OF
Caesarea dares to open his shop. This ~ IN spite
OF the assurances given by the Government that
the stoen goods will be found and brought Dack 10
their owners.
Judging from the wounds. all kinds OF weapons
were used in the attacks on the ChrStans suc!l as
aAes. daggers. sick.es, butchers c.eavera etc ne
first OF the wounded whom | saw was an Old man
who had a wound m ldc by meat axe on the Dack
OF his neck. about two inches wide. ana reacn ng
to the bone. Besides that he had about seven or
e,ght other wounds on his head and face. He In
gered fifteen days and then died In agony ms "Ile
ard his were also severely wounded and MS tw9
young daughters carried off, III treated ana
brought back.
Another woman of my acquaintance | was abon,
TO call upon to let her know that her husband hai
ded in another city was thinking now 10 orsSn sn
terself killed and her three young diugnters
were carried away. OF the daughters two nave Deen
brought back The third IS still. missing. She was
n educated young woman and had been scnool
teacher for two years. DR.. Avedis Ieretzian MS
wife his Oldest son and his brother-in-.aw were
killed and thrown into the flames of tne.r burliA ,
house was a very strong building. and the Turks
had used thirty tins Of petroleum IN the attempt 10
burn IT, while the family used all the water in Their
cistcrn in the attempt TO put out the lre
You can understand the ferocity OF this attack
upon the Christians in this city from the lact ina,
the wife OF a captain in the Turkish Army watched
the horrors from her window. she was 50 altected
that she has become deranged y.
Caesarea, January ], 1896.