The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-03

it. The following day we learned that Major Daughty -Wylie had been shot in the arm.
 Patroling the Streets.
 That night young men from the Gregorian and Protestant communities patrolled the streets around our build ing. The situation was grave. A great crowd composed of soldiers, zabties, bashi bazeuks and rabble, bent on plundering, had gathered at the rear of our house for an attack.
 "Our only dependence was self-ap- pointed guard of young Armenians. A steady fire was kept up on both sides, that on the part of our young men was sintended only to frighten the crowd ana if possible to drive them away. Our Armenians called to those below: We are brothers; don't flre,' and asked them to send one man to confer with representative of our side.
 '"rhis was agreed to, but in place or one man. hundreds started to come. Ihey demanded that we give up our arms, put with that angry mob this meant certaiii death. Finally MT. Trowbridgs tailed with them from window. Th2s, too' failed. The greatest danger, or course was for the girls, and we decided to take them to Mir Chambers house. Seemingly without fear they marched out in order, two and two, across the street to the house of Miss Wallace, the English nurse, then through a hole in the wall which had been opened for emergency. through the yard, out into the street again, where they reached the Chambers gate
 .'I cannot describe the crowd, the noise and the confusion in this house and yard' Refugees covered everywhere. Both house and court apparently had been oyerfiowing with refugees before our ar rival. but we added to the number more than 100 from our house and about 50 glrls and teachers. Our girls and teachers were the calmest of all.
 MT Trowbridge returned from the school to say that the only hope for sare- ty to any Americans seemed to be to re- turn to the school, staying there alone, separated from the Armenians He de- clared that we were powerless to save the Armenians. It seems that after We left the schools, Miss Wallace. MT. Cham bers and a young Armenian preacher at tempted to cross the street from MISS Wallace's to the school. Just at this tune A mob rushed around the corner. The in furiated Turks recognized the preacher as an Armenian, and although MT. Cham hers threw his arms about him and did all in his power to save the mans life, they shot him dead. Not single Armenian did they leave alive. The assassins shouted as MT. Chambers dragged the body of the murdered preacher lnto tne building. You can see how powerless we were"
 Troops To the Rescue.
 Miss Webb relates how MT. Trowbridge persuaded four zabties to go. with him to the government house to demand pro- lection. Two of them deserted him on the way, declaring they were afraid or being killed by Armenians. Everything was confusion at the government house. and after long delay detachment Of 150 troops was despatched to their relief In concluding her narrative. Miss Webb says:
 T forgot to say that the British consul sent a message to the governor on Fri day that if this thing YVES not stopped he would demand of the government and the commander of the troops satisfactory explanation. Whether or not they were powerless to stop the dreadful work be- fore this I do not know. but anyway 1t was stopped. We hear. and it seems quite possible that because of the disturb ance in Constantinopls the officials in Adana did not know which side to join,