The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-26
BEAUTIFUL CITY
A HEAP OF RUINS
Awful Fate Of KrusheVo, in Eu.
rOpean Turkey.
DEAD BODIES EATEN BY DOGS
THE WOMEN WERE CRUELTY
MALTREATED.

AZ ONASTIR, European Turkey, Aug.
M 25.--The once beautiful city of
Krushevo is d heap of ruins. The
women and children are homeless. ex-
posed to the weather and famine. The
town is rendered uninhabitable by the
odor OF corpses which are being
gnawed by dogs and pigs, the Turk
ism authorities refusing to allow them
TO be removed under the pretext that
an inquest will be held
Krushevo is STUFFED on a hill south
west and eight hours distant from Mon
astir. It contained $50 houses and LOCO
inhabitants, mostly Vlacks, calling
themselves Greeks. There were also 100
poor Bulgarian houses. The Vlacks are
prosperous merchants who travel
abroad on business, leaving their fam
lies in KruShevo.
Objects of Envy.
After making fortunes abroad by
their diligence and economy they re-
turn to spend their wealth in KrushevO.
where they own fine houses. furniture
and jewels. The Turkish inhabitants
OF the surrounding villages have long
enVied the prosperity OF krusheVo.
The Macedonian committee, in con-
cert with Bulgarian bands, had been
completing arrangements during sew
eral months with a view to occupying
the town. In July last the authOri-
ties of Krushevo, observing the threat
ening movement begged the Vail Of
MOnastir to send reinfOrcements. as
! the garrison of thirty soldiers was in
| sufficient to cope with an ilsurgent at
! tack. These warnings were ignored.
Taken by Insurgents.
on Aug. 2. the day fixed for the Bull
/ gdrian attack on krusheVO, while four
| marriages were being celebrated in the
! Greek church. a number OF KOmitijaS,
! by Encouragement. remained hidden in
/ the church and were locked in by the
| sacristan on the conclusion of the cere-
monies. At 10 O'clock at night they
| sounded an alarm by ringing the
/ church bells simultaneously a band
/ OF 300 insurgents, headed by Peterom,
! entered the town, discharging their
rifles.
| The terrified inhabitants remained in
| doors. The band first burned the res
! idence of the mudir and massacred the
| garrison of Turkish soldiers and Off
/ Gals of the town, but the invaders
| spared the Turkish harems.
Ten Christians Killed.
On the following morning the
]
/ government and Instituted a new po-
lice and municipality. They killed ten
! Christians who, they believed, had be-
/ trayed the plans of The commission.
( The nota bles of the town W com
PEELED to contribute $4,000 60 the revo-
lutionary fund. The Bulgarian villag-
ers in the neighborhOod, hearing that
Krushevo was in the hands of the in
| surgents, entered the town and de
manded ammunition. which, however
was unObtainable.
| The provisional government con-
/ structed a rampant enclosing the town
[ and the inhabitants were ordered &c
! melt down their spoons to make bull
let's.
The Turks, informed of the capture
of the town, sent from Pe1gep three
| squadrons of cavalry. which were at
tacked enrouN and compelled to retir.
with a loss Of 100 killed.
In Turkish Hands.
On Aug. I3 the Turks concentrated
seven battalions and one battery OF
KrushevO. They made an offer TO thu
Komitijas to allow the women anC
children to leave town. This propose
was declined and the bOmbardment be
gan. The Komitijas quickly abandoned
the town and escaped to the neighbOr
ing forest, where pursuit was impOs
/ Sible-
The TEks entered the town and
guided by Turkish villagers from thu
nsighbOrhood, attacked the houses o
the Greek notables and ordered the in
mates to be searched and stripped
They seized the money and jewels, anC
ravished the women. those who resisted
being killed. A Greek priest VIII,
sought to protect his daughter wa
killed. The girls earrings were tori
out and her hand was chopped off Il
secure a bracelet.
When the houses had been pillage,
horses with whatever was left and tn
residences were burned. The sack o
Krushevo lasted three days, during
which time the women and children
remained without food andSshelter. an
at the mercy of the soldiers and tn
BaShi- BaZOuks.