The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-02
GRAPHIC TALE
OF ADANA RIOT
5. R. Trowbridge Writes
of Massacres.
GOVERNMENT IS CRITICISED
No Effort Made to Stop Looting
And Murder.
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Am.s,c.n Ma.~io.ary wa. witae.. =
! Brutal Murder ~ Mes~r.. ROGERS
ana Mssrer--coIoney n
Great Danger.
GOVERNMENT IS CRITICISED

American Board OF Foreign Missions.
was the only American or European ID
witness the killing in Adana Of p. M
Rogers and Henry Maurer. fellow mis-
sionaries at Adana.
He has supplied the following ec-
count Of the occurrence, dated Adana.
April "a. to representatives Of tas
Grand vizier ana has written II ouf
also FOR the mission board At homes
Mr.. Trowbridge says:
Fighting began April ~ between
Moslems and Armenians. which result
ed in q number Of casualties on both
sidea BY nightfail IL was clear that
incendiaries, were at work. for several
districts OF the. city were covered By
clouds OF smoke. All night the r.
ports Of fire alarms rang out from Al
sides.
THE next morning. April Is. the cen-
hagrations had spread 70 such an ~
tent that we were Obliged 20 Wafea
closely the environs Of the building u
the girls school and the residence DC
William N. Chambers. The wind fan~
ned the flames, and drove them from
house TO house In our direction. ~
was clear that a large school buiId-
ing or brick and wood, was in danger.
We spent the morning In ripping
on projectingwood work and the porch
posts. II soon became evident that
direct efforts to put out the flames
must be undertaken. Up 70 that time
no one had dared to so on the streets
because Of the shooting. Aiohlcm pill ]
layers, In desperate mood. we're Loot
Ing the houses opposite she buildings
on IRE.
No Efforts 20 stop u.
All this time there had been no
sign OF any enort on The part OF the
government authorities 20 stop the
riottng. piilaging and burning.
When 4 frat climbed to the roofs
near the names. armed Moslems ap-
peared on three sides within eiQse
range. When they understood that :
was not firing upon them. but nH8
come to Work AGAINST me names f1ez
lowered their riiits ana assursd n1a
might 90 on unmolesfed Then thxee
Turks appeared - the windows e .
noaAe JUST across the Etreek aHa after
assuring me of my tafety drgRpea back
again 80 fheir Work 81 piunaef aNsx
from that house Ia Q protested rlaea
was = Iurnansse Mosislnr nexer.nk
these loiterers WIN mis- fiue ana hrfnx
frequently 20 protect them.
In the meanwhile Mr.. MaureF. Nne
had been carrying water IN pnfla from
the yard OF the girls school came up
to me and made use Of croWoaf in
throwing uo#h wall one niQe ok
which was burning tiercely. We work
ed with pals Of water. the erownar
and the axe for over an hour
The real danger that pressed upon
our nainds was not the possible loss
Of the buildinEs but the perilans atfuA~
ticn In which our American frtsnds.
the hordes Of Christian refugees. and
the eighty school girls would nud
themselves In case the building burn-
ed.
In every direction there was riotinG
and shooting. There was no refuxs
except possibly In THE Protestant
Church, some distance away and even
this was Threatened from three sides
by the contiagratlopa.
sReod Men Killed.
so we came back 10 the school and
asked for volunteers Mr.. Rogers
came again. He worked considers
able time without being harmed BY
the Moslems when the Armenians at
the other end OF the street commences
firing on the houses where the loetefs
were at work. suddenly two ssots
rang out not more than eighty yarda
from where we were working. Mr.
Rogers, who was In the street, bring
ing water. was mortally wounded. he
called to me BY name, ana then fell IL
ballet hit Mr. Maurer IN the left lung
near the heart, a wound that caused