The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-09
AMERICAN DOCTOR
BURNED TO DEATH
ne ioine
the Isusslan army came. He joined
and is now fighting with them.
All Doomed To ButChery.

manded by Khalil Bey. there were
about 400 Armenians. One OF them
Gulbankyan. graduate Of Beirut,
told me that they were all oooiheu
to be butchored. When they ap'
pointed ne head physician OF the
hospital they gave me plenty OF help
ers, Including Christian nurses. Six
Arabs and one Greek. Gulbankyah
told me that IL I did not help them
they would be killed. An Arab doc'
tor, Bahandin ETendl, was appointed
to work under by direction. MY
Greek nurse warned me that Baha'
din had already killed more thah
fifty Armenian Christians and cav,
toned mo to watch him. One niShs
Adopt 10 O'Clock Bahadln sent tor
me. saying that he was sick. For
tunatcly for me the Greek and Two
Armenian nurses went with me,
When reached the hospital, l founa
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 thai
you have some design upon my ne
| told him that 1t was mistake
that had been told he was SICK,
and won't away. At the bottom Of
the stairs was oyertaken by al
officer who said that the doctor was
not done with me. protested but
was ordered to 70 back. So | put
my trust in the Lord and went.
1.-THE doctor greeted me with tho
question. who gave you permission
to leave tho room7' and continued
you are prisoner and you Will
never see the light OF tomorrow's
SUM- told him that I was al
American citizen and that | was help.
Ing the wounded for the sake oil
humanity. He cut mo OF saying this
Is war time. The top Of your hat is
green. That means that you are a
descendant OF the prophet and 1t
will give me pleasure to destroy your
life tonight. I must think how !
shall kill you. could throw you
out OF the window, but that would
me too quick. could shoot you, but
that also is too good for you.
shall have to use my sword. You
sit down there in the corner and
and these Turkish nurses will sing
your funeral before begin to cut
you up.
Saved by Greek.
"The Turks began to sing a dron-
ing chant and ! had no choice but
to sit and listen. My bodyguard,
the Greek nurse Theodore. and two
Armenian 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 II he
saw ME, to say the patients wanted
to see the doctor. All Of a sudden
saw him enter with lantern. He
saluted Eftendi and said "the patient
wants the DOCTOR l didn't give
Rahadn chance to say a word.
was up and out and down in the
street In about two seconds. When
got to the outpost they yelled from
the window to stop me but they were
too late My bodyguard and the
Armenans and the Greek followed
close behind me and l got away.
reached home at midnight. My wife
and children thought ! was already
dead"
DR.. Sargls turned the tables on the
Arab doctor by alleging that he was
insane and having him put under
guard and on milk diet, nothwith-
standing he was a a doctor In Khalil
Bey's army.
Soon after the Russians left Uru-
miah German machinist, Neuman,
who came in with the Turks an
nounced himself as German consul.
BY his orders a Christian by the
name OF Mushi was hanged. Neu-
man had promised me to release
Mushi, but overnight he sold him to
the Turks for $3.50. An English
man named Jonathan George, we'll
known in Tabriz, a relative Of my
wife. was whipped on Neuman's or
ders. In the village Of Garajaln a
young Christian with wife and two
children was killed by a Mohamme-
dan. The murderer took the wife
and children. promising to protect
them. But while crossing bridge
he thrcw the children into the river
and kept the woman in his house
until the Russians came and liberat,
ed her. At Ardasha seventy-fve
women and girls went into the sea
to escape the Turks. They refused
to trust promises of safety If they
came out and all were shot as they
stood in the water, Eighty-fve hun
dred died in the vicinity of Urumia!
in five months, 1900 were killed anc
the rest died of cold and hunger.
During the days of the Turkish
occupation it was no unusual sigh
to see an old woman carrying the
body OF her daughter or son to .
place of burial. digging the grave
herself or with the aid of othel