The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11
NO FULL ACCOUNTS GIVEN
DESPERATION and Vengeance Surging in Every
Hedrt-Bulguriun Rebel bond Flying black
Flugs-Some Regions are Vertuble
ChurDeI Houses

wild cries of maniacs. They have
gone mad.
One of these poor creatures was seen
crying aloud and hugging 20 her breast
the bloody head of her child. A Turk.
ism soldier, on entering her house. with
one swift blow of his sabre. cut off
the head Of toddling child. and. seiz.
ing II, hurled it at the mother. The
frantic woman caught Il to her breast
and rushed crazed and screaming from
the house
The passion of the Turks for blood,
for killing every living being. no matter
how helpless, is owing to their religion.
By their sacred book. the Koran. they
are taught that every Christian that
they Kill adds TO their own glory and
happiness after death. So these Mus,
sulman fanatics know no limit TO their
slaughter. while chanting. "Glaours,
s.acc~s," meaning beings without
SIS and calling their victims dogs
- 1.gs rs tire butcdery goes on
..fcaT such horrors as these Il is
rct sc:2oge that the Bulgarian insur-
gents have taken vengeance on the
It:hs. Soldiers bearing the black
fag recently advanced On three Turk
isA Villages near Ochr:l and n!assacred
men. woEca an children.
Puppies make dOEs," they cried,
and slew the Turkish babies just as
their Own had been butchered by tie
Turkish soldiery.
The Turkish governments rage al
this retaliation OF the rebels is beyond
hounds. il is said that the govern
u.elt viii now let loose the whole horde
Of fierce Albanian brigands. as well as
the outlaws from the Deborah district
Taesa are nothing less tran profession
Al assassius. The Bashi-B2zCul5.
who have already been turned loose
upon the Bulgarians, are mere ANA
tours in butchery compared with the
AIbanians and DebOrahs.
The Sultan Hires Assassins.
Many OF the Albanian and Deborah
aSsassins have been sent IN small
bands. in the disguise Of Turkish citi-
Eens, throughout all the towns of Mace
donia. They are ready to strike down
In secret any Bulgarian suspected OF
being in league with the black flag reg.
imeats. Or they will start massacre
at the word or nod Of a government
official
There is no punishment for these
assassins. A courtmartial is unknown
here. Being the secret agents of the
government. they enjoy immunity for
all their crimes The pay they draw
from the bankrupt government is prac-
tically nothing They take their pay
In loot
The Bulgarian insurgents are exact
ing an eye for an eye and a tooth for
q tooth wherever they can.
At Neclani = month ago several vii
layers and their wives and daughters
were killed by two Turks living in the
same village. Last Monday 90 OF
the Bulgarians left for the mountains
10 Join the rebels. But before start
ing they caught the TWO Turks and
killed one of them on the spot where
he had wrecked a Bulgarian house
hold. The other Turk. being much
the wc-sa OF the two. VS. taken 70
the mountains TO be tortured before eX-
: ecution.
There l. simply no end 10 the forms
OF murder that are going on every
where. Thirty Bulgarian men arrest
Cd az Resen. on the charge Of being
traitors. were hai-a-v 49, 49, p
- si5.l-.,4l raev were followed by
uueir weeping wives.
Rolled Stones on CaptiVes.
The Turkish soldiers becoming tired
Of their charges ana OF the l2merta-
trns q re women. halted the calva
Gaze in mountain defie. They then
amused Themselves with rolling down
huge stones uron the captives. men
and women aE.e. bowling them over
Ike n.re r.rS. They finished the hOT
rIhle sport by knocking cut the brains
NJ any who showed signs OF life as
tnev lay among the mass Of rocks and
mang.ad bodies.
Scattered all over THIS region are
stone towers. used In times OF peace
as grain =, houses. like the elev2-
tors in the prairie states in America
These towers have nov become places
OF refuge. where Bulgarian families
gather. and where insurgent troops
muster. The towers have been the
scenes of horrors