The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-29
FIVE DAYS BUTCHERY,
RAPINE AND lMCENDIARISM
Scenes Of Horror and DeSlTur
ton al Center Of MOSIem
Uprising

Adana, Asiatic Turkey. April 20.--
fyla Consianiinople) The Rev. Her
bert Gibbons Of Hartford. Conn, i
missionary Of the American board d
foreign misgluns, stationed here tnd d
Tarsus. was an eye witness Of the
scenes oi terror aud destruction al
The center OF the Moslem uprising
Ile gives, ns follows. the graphic story
li the series Of massacre, rapine and
ineendarlsm.
THE vllayet Of Adana has been the
center q massacre which has con
tinued FOR fve days, during which
thousands have been killed ana wound
ed
William Chambers. field secretary
Of the Young Rieas Christian associa
lion, and myself proceeded to the 10
max and found bowling mob de-
manding arms with which to kill the
Gaours. We then went to the tele
graph Office to summon the British
consul
Bodies Mutlated.
"On the steps OF the building we
saw three Armenians who had been
massacreo, Their bodies had been
mutilaied. While we were In the tel
egraph ciiice mob burst into the
room where we we're and Killed two
Armenlans before our eyes. The un.
fortunates were sunpllcatlng tho pro.
lection ct the vail when they we're
struck 6cwn
I'VE managed to make our way into
The next room, where we made repre-.
sentatl0ah TO the Vail This official
said be could do pothlng. He was
|aitAid of his own life and he made
no attempt 10 protect us. somehow
we managed TO got into the interior
nf the knoak where We remaiHed at
the side OF the government officials
for the neN forty.eight hours
Make Forts Of Houses,
That afternoon the situation grew
distinctly worse The Armsnlans With
drew 60 tlielr quarter OF Adana, which
la situated on hiil and converted
their houses that held advantageous
positions into fnrtresses. Here the
fighting Went on for two days, during
Nnlch the Armenlans succeeded IN
beating ol their Turkish assailants.
sAdana was i hell. The ba4aars
We're looted and set on Are. There
was continued and uneeaslng shooting
and killing iu every part OF the town,
aud dres ragged III many quarters.
sMoslems from the nsighhBfhood be.
ban pouring into the city. and not.
wlthsladlng Our vehement protests, the
vall distributed arms to ihese men,
alleglEs TINT they were Turkish re.
serves.
Major Daaghty-Wylle, nrlllah vice
eonsul ag Mcsna nf the head Of troops
Which be compelled she vail 10 supply,
went 20 ilie rear end OF liie town and
was successful IN preventing the vi.
lagera from coming into Adann. Later.
while the major was attempting 10
paclfy lhe sown. be was shot ana dis.
abled.
Yankees TFaaehrously Slain.
'Mlssl0nars Of The Central Turkish
mission lsad assembled for q district
conference IN the center OF Adana on
the daY Of the outbreak. They re-
celyed ana protected hundreds Of ref.
ugecs IN the American seminary for
girls and courageoualy endeavnred io
paeify the warning elements,
fOn Thursday Daniel Miner Rogefs
and Henry Maurer American mission.
aries. wore killed under treaeherous
On Friday the ArmeHlans yielded.
since when there has been little mur.
derlnR.
"Adana Ia IN plliahle condition
The lown mas been plllagad and de.
stroyed and there are thousands 81
homeless people here without means
of livelihood Il Is impossible to ea
timate the number of killed.
The corpaes Ne scattered through
the streets. Friday vhen ] went out
! had 10 pick my way between tho
dead TO avoid stepping on them. sat
urday morning counted q dozen cart
loads Of Armenian bodies IN one.hali
hour being carried TO the river and
thrown into the water. In the Turkish
cemeteries graves are being dug whole.
sale
THE condition OF the refugees IL
most piiiable and hearlfending. Nat
only are there orphans and widows
beyond humber. but great many
even thp hables are suffering bun
severe wounds
I On Friday afternoon 2a0 socalied
Turkish reserves without officers
seized 3 train at Adana ana compelled
lhe engineer to convey thom 70 Tarsus.
where they took part ID the complete
testnhqtlqn a. The Armenian quarters
Of that iQRns which is the host part ofI
Tafsne
Burned Fsmoss caJrA
THEFT work Of i0oslag eas
thorough Il " eald lkeg spread
With kerosene and afea The Armenian
church 1t Tafmp. tbs moas important
building = lhe elis They femuIlahta