The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-05-05

narrative of her experiences the first
days of the massacres in Adana,
when the girls school. TO which she
was attached, was in the creates.
danger She says:
our friends came to school as
usual ON Wednesday April 2D. Al
though We heard that there was much
unrest in the city we went on with
our preparations for a school entcr-
tainmcnt. which was to be held the
next day Soon firing began i'm the
city. before noon things were in such
"a disturbed condition that we were
afraid to send the day scholars home
The girls were too much excited 10
study, as there was a constant sound
of firing We tried to 30 on witn
our annual meeting but the reading
of the reports was interrupted by
the screaming in the mission and .he
shooting.
in all directions. and we were afraid
that the rioters would break into the
school. About o'clock at night there
came knock at the gate and in
walked the English consul You can
imagine our relief at sight of him. He
had heard of the disturbance and had
come from Mersna to investigate. Tho
consul is Major Daughty-Wylie. He
could stay only a moment. but he
left three of his own guard of Turk.
ish soldiers to take care of us.
"All through the night we actually
seemed to be in state of scigc The
three soldiers kept firing their rifles
and the fire was returned from the
houses near by. In the morning our
guard discovered that the men i'm the
the nearby houses. whose fire they
had been returning were Turkish sol.
dicrs and that others who had been
firing upon us were men whom we
knew by name. After much parlcv.
ing the firing on our building stop.
ped for a time. Finally. in spite OF
the fact that the English consul had
said they must remain until the re.
turned. our guard left.
We had hung Turkish flags on
all sides of the building. but this did
not stop the thousands engaged in
the riots from firing their weapons.
although apparently they were not d.
I,,,I
burned the Chambers house must
burn also. Then where could we go
for safety? Our only safety seemed u
be to check the flames. We women
and girls carried water, while the
men cut down the fences and an old
house i'm the corner of our yard A
shed on the east side of the street
was also torn down and we believed
in this way that the progress of the
fire could be stayed About this
time we heard that Mr. Rogers ana
Mr.. Maurer, missionaries had been
shot. They we're brought into our
dining room. Mr. Maurer already was
dead and Mr.. Rogers lived only a few
minutes. The Rev. Stephen II. Trow-
bridge, who was near them at the
time, escaped although n bullet took
off his hat.
Il went to my room, where the
girls We're seated quietly waiting. |
said We have done all we can, now
let us pray Before / had finished
praying the bugle of the counsels
guard sounded in the street He could
not spare guard for us, but prom.
. ised TO send one Immediately. It was
terrible situation; women and girls
, practically alone in the building; a
murderous, bloodthrsty mob outside
, with knife and bullet for the Armen
ians. To add to the misery there
We're the dead on the floor below the
. widow of one of them, Mrs. Rogers
2 with her infant, 10 weeks old TO com
fort. The British consul had prom
ised us a guard, but the afternoon
and evening passed and none came
We could not understand It, The fol
lowing day We learned that Maiol
? Daughty.Wyie had been shot in the
arm.
That night young men from th'
Gregorian and Prostestant communi
. ties patroled the streets around ou
building. A great crowd composed o
soldiers, Zabties, Bashibazooks ant
the rabble, bent on plundering, ha'
gathered at the rear of our house 70
an attack. Our only dependence wa
a self-appointed guard of young Ar
menians. 4 steady fire was kept u