Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-02
Stories of the War

gave me plenty of helpers, including seven Christian nurses, six Arabs and one Greek. Gulbankyan told me that if did not help them they would be
 killed. An Arab doctor, Bahadin Ef fendi, was appointed to work under my direction. My Greek nurse warn ed me that Bahadin had already killed more than fifty Armenian Christians and cautioned me to watch him. One night about 10 o'clock Bahadin sent for me, saying that he was sick. For
 tunately for me the Greek and two Armenian nurses went with me. When l reached the hospital, I found that
 Bahadln was not sick at all. He said to me: What business have you to disturb me at this time of the night. Your coming shows that you have
 some design upon my life" I told him that it was a mistake, that I had been told he was sick, and went away.
 At the bottom of the stairs I was overtaken by an officer who said that the doctor was not done with me. I protested but was ordered to go back.
 So I put my trust in the Lord and
 went.
 'The doctor greeted me with the
 question: Who gave you permission to leave the room? and continued: You are a prisoner and you will never
 see the light of tomorrows sun. izen and that I was helping the wounded for the sake of humanity. He l cut me off my saying: This is war time. The top of your hat is green. That means that you are @ descendant | of the prophet and it will give me I must think how I shall kill you. could throw you out of the window,
 but that would be too quick. I could shoot you, but that also is to good for | you. shall have to use my sword. You sit down there in that corner and
 these Turkish nurses will sing your funeral before I begin to cut you up.' "The Turks began to sing a droon-
 ing chant and I had no choice but to
 sit and listen. My bodyguard, the
 Greek nurse Theodore and two Ar menian soldiers, the latter my ser | wants, stood outside the door and
 when they heard the chanting they thought 1t was all over with me. The
 Greek, who was shrewd fellow, told
 my bodyguard to enter and if he saw
 me. to say that the patients wanted to
 see the doctor. All of a sudden I saw
 him enter with a lantern. He salut-
 ed the Effendi and said The patients
 want the doctor. I didn't give Ba-
 hadin chance to say a word. I was | up and out and down in the street in | about two seconds. When I got to the
 outpost they yelled from the window
 to stop me but they were to late. My bodyguard and the Armenians and the Greek followed close behind me and got away. I reached home at mid
 night. My wife and children thought
 I was already dead"
 i Dr. Sargts turned the tables on the Arab doctor by alleging that he was
 insane and having him put under
 guard and on a milk diet, notwith- standing he was a doctor in Khali
 Bey's army.
 Soon after the Russians left Uru-
 miah a German machinist, Neuman
 who came in with the Turks announc-
 ed himself as German consul. By hi: orders Christian by the name ot Mushi was hanged. Neuman hat l promised me to release Mushi, bu overnight he sold him to the Turk! ' for $250. An Englishman nameG Johnathan George, well known in Ia , brig, a relative of my wife, was whip l ped on Neuman's orders. In the vii lage of Garajaln a young Christian
 ed by Mohammedan. The murdere { took the wife and children, prornis l ing to protect them. But while cross } ing a bridge he threw the children in to the river and kept the woman il Z his house until the Russians came an, liberated her. At Ardasha seventy ? five women and girls went into the se+ T T to escape the Turks. They refuses to trust promises of safety if the. stod in the water. Eighty five hun 7 dred died in the vicinity of Urumiah f ' five months, 1,500 were killed and tn ], rest died of cold and hunger.
 g During the days of the Turkish oc : | cupat1on 1t was no unusual sight t 4 sett an old woman carrying the bod fl or her daughter or son to a place 0 q burial, digging the grave herself O i, with the aid of other women"