The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-13
HOW TURKS TORTURE.
Treatment Of Christians De.
scribed by an Eyewitness.
THE MEN FL0GGBD FOR REVENGE,

One Victim, George Lynch Says, Had I
HIS Legs nroken 10 Make him Re
veal Hiding Place Of Arms and
BemBs-women Forced 10 Flee to
the Forests and Children starved.
There is no question that the Turks
have been pracucing brutalities upon
the Christians in Dubnitza,H says
George Lynch In a recent special cable
gram from Monastir in Macedonia to-
the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Il saw hundreds Of refugees who had
fed from the destroying Turk. | visit
ed a hut occupied by the remnant Of
family. On entering / heard the
wailing cry Of u suffering child, A wo-
man seated on the floor was busy
stemming tobacco. Two children were
crouchlng near her, one a pretty child
Of four and the other younger. The lat.
ter was walling have never seen a
more pitlful bit OF humanity. she was
simply living skeleton Her legs
were like pipe stems. Her little hands
were like bird claws crooked and help
less. like those OF q dead bird,
.'The mother told me her story. she
said their village had been burned by
Turks and her husband slaughtered.
She aud her children escaped and fed.
For i've weeks she and her children
hid in the forest and. although her
village was not far from the frontier.
ii took her five weeks 10 reach the from
tier and safety The child became III
from starvation and eating roots. |
saw other refugees. All told me the
same story. / had a long talk with q
woman who had baby in arms. She
said the Turks had begun TO outrage
the women of her village. Then all the
young women fed from the village dur,
ing tile night. The Turks logged the
men who remained for revenge.
Il interviewed a group Of men refu-
gees They were apparently simple
peasants. All Of the group Of thirteen
EXCEPT one had been beaten only few
days ago. He stripped and showed me
tile marks of punishment 1t was q
terrible exhibition. | asked the men
for what reason they were given the
logging. They said the reason given
by tie Turks was to make them tel
where bombs and arms were hidden
The men said If they left the villages
temporarily to avoid logging their wo
men were outraged III they attempt
10 escape while being logged sentriei
shoot them down. One man lad his
legs broken 10 compel him to tell about
alleged buried arms,
This was the Turks method Of tor
ture: Being pinioned, lie was forced 4
kneei down. a long piece Of timber
was placed under lis slins ana another
behind his calves The ends OF bot
were securely lashed Men stood o.
the timbers thus formed Then tw'
Turks bent his body back, throwing
their entire weight on his chest until
after terrible agony. lis legs snapped
made him strip 70 verify his tale, !
was horribly obvious There was ~
exaggeration about ii. Another refu
gee had his arm broken. Another tolt
me he had been tied naked To a tre'
fwenty-four hours, while his wife wat
carried away under his eyes BY bashi
hazouks. In a simple. wistful way, a
ii j. being a stranger. might have goot
news. they asked DO you think th'
Russians Will come again to help us
1T makes any mans blood boil to ses
that the only interference Of the POW
ers IS 10 lecture and threaten Bulga