The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-04


the execution of them has been for
the most part unnecessarily harsh.
and in many cases accompanied by
horrible brutality to women and chill
dren, to the sick and aged. Whole
villages were deported at an hours
notice, with no opportunity to prepare
Tor the journey. not even in some
cases. 10 gather together the scattered
members of the family. SO that little
children were left behind At the
mountain village of Geben the women
were at the washtub, and were COM
PEELED TO leave their wet clothes In
the water and take the road bare
footed and half clad just as they
We're. IN some cases they were able
to carry part OF their scanty house
hold furniture. or implements of agrt-
culture. but for the most part they
were neither to carry anything, nor
to sell IL. even where there was time
TO do %.
In Hadjin. weil-todo people. who
had prepared food and bedding for the
road. were obliged to leave IL I'm the
. street. and afterwards suffered
, greatly from hunger
Women Outraged.
In many cases the men were Chose
OF military age were nearly all in the
army bound tightly together WIN
ropes or chains. Women with little
children in their arms. or in the last
days Of pregnacy. were driven along
under the whip like cattle. Three
different cases came under my know
ledge where the woman was delivered
on the road. and because her brutal
driver hurried her along she died or
hemorrhaSe. ! also know OF one case
where the gendarme in charge was
humane man. and allowed the poor
woman several hours rest. and then
procured a wagon for her to ride IN.
come women became so completely
worn )ut and hopeless that they lett
their infants beside the road Many
women and girls have been outraged.
NJ one place the commander OF
gendarmerie openly told the men 10
whom he consigned a large company
mat they were at liberty TO do what
they chose with the women and girls.
FriehtfuI Beating.
] was called 10 house one day
where saw a sheet which originated
from the prison and which was being
sent TO the wash. This sheet was
covered with blood and running IN
. long streams. | was also SHOWN
clothes which were drenched and ex-
ceedingly dirty. II was a puzzle 10
me what they could possibly has done
20 the prisoners, but got to the
bottom OF the matter by the heip OF
two very reliable persons who wit.
messed part Of II themselves
q The prisoner Is put I'm a room (sim.
Z liar TO the times Of the Romans1
, Gendarmes standing In twos At both
sides and two a. the end Of the room
administer. each In their turn. bss.
tinadoes az long NJ they have enough
force IN them. A. the time Of the RIO.
mans, forty strokes were administered
al the very most. In this place. how.
ever. zoo. 300. 500. even 500 strokes
are administered The foot sweIls IN.
tneh bursts OPEN. due to the numerous
bloWf. and thus the blood spurts out
The prisoner r. then carried back into
prison and brought 10 bed bv the rest
Of the prisoners this explains the
bloody sheet The prisoners who be-
cone uncOnscius after these blows are
revived by tho means Of some cold
water. which Is thrown on their heads
and which accounts for the wet ana
dirty clothes. on the next day. or
moro exactly. during the night a. an
T Entertainments are carried on At night
In --. as well ~ IN --. the whole
bastinadOlng u being carried on again
In spite ~ swollen feet and their
wounds was then In but in
that prison there were also thirty
prifonera IN number. and all had their
feet in such a state that they begun
io burn and had 10 be amputated. or
were already taken on
When ventured 10 protest 20 the
saimiakan In all Kindness against tho
bloody sheets he replied a. follows
II the Law and the ~iltan we're 10
q forbid a. ] would. IN spite % u all.
carry these things out and do a. Z
please"
Awful EuHerinq.
on Saturday. June 20. the procia-
nation regarding the deportation %
All Armenians was posted on the
streets. On Thursday. July 7 eli the
streets we're guarded BY rendarnes
With hNed bayonets. and the work %
driving tho Armenians from their
i hOmca bogau GrOuue Of mon ,gorn.,