The sun., 1916-12-31
Bodies Lie raburied,

u lax Ihkkuuu a.
has brought the information that the
prisons at Blredjik are filled regularly
every day and empticd every night into
the Euphrates. Between Diyarbekir and
ourfa a German cavalry captain saw
innumerable corpscs lying unburied all
along the road.
"Women whose pains came upon them
On the way had to continue their Jour-
ney without respite. a woman bore
twins In the neighborhood OF Alntab
next morning she had to 60 on again.
She very soon had to leave tho children
under n bush. II a little while after
she collapsed herself. Another, whose
pains came upon her during the march.
was compelled TO TO on at once and
fell down dead almost Immediately,
There were several more incidents OF
he same kin between Marash and
.Aleppo.
Two young Armenian teachers. cdu.
Gated at the College Of Harpout. whose
lives were spared. related that tho con-
voy had been caught under a cross-nre
by the kurds on the Hanks and IN
Turkish i~rresulars In the rear. They
had thrown themselves fat on the
ground n pretended to be dead after
ward they succeeded in finding their
way back to Erzindjan by circuitous
paths. bribing some Kurds whom they
met on the way.
Girls Are Abducted.
"One of them had with her her Gance
in woman's clothes. lie had been
shielded by n Turkish classafatp. When
they reached ErzindJan II geEdarme tried
to abduct the girl and her iiance inter
fered. He was killed. and the girls
were carried OIL TO Turkish houses. where
they were treated kindly but had pres
sure put upon them TO change their re-
!gion They conveyed this news 70 US
through IA doctor who attended
some Armenian patients in our hospital
n was thereby enabled to get into
touch with US: he brought us an ap-
peal from them to take them with us
to Harpout II only they had poison.
they said. they would poison themselves.
They had no information whatever as
to the fate of their companions.
The day after. Friday, June II, n
party OF regular troops belonging to
the l:iyhty-sixth Cavalry Brigadc) was
sent out to keep the kurds In order.
We heard subsequently from these soil
dicrs how the defcrceless Ar,nen!ans had
been massacred TO the last one. The
butchery had taken four hour. The
women threw thensel,e on their knees.
they had thrown their children into the
Euphrates. and y on. II WAS hor.
rible.' said a nice looking young soldier A.:
1 could not fire. ! only pretended For
that matter we have often heard Turks
express their ~disapproval and their pity.
The soldiers told us that there were
oN carts all ready TO carry the corpses
To the river and remove every trace of
the massacre.
Next day there was u regular oa:.uc
through the cornficlds. (Tiie corn was
then standing. and many Armeniaus had
hidden In IT,
ION the fortieth day the convoy came
in sight Of the River Mourad. u branch
of the Euphrates. Here the. saw the
bodies OF more than zoo men floating In
the river. with traces Of blood and blood
stained fezes. clothes and stockings on
ing village took one Ira toll from each
maj as a ransom for not being thrown
Into the river.
No water for Five Days.
ION the hfty-sccond day they arrived
at another village. and here the Kurds
took from them everything they had
ven their shirts and drawers, 80 tina,
for five days the whole convoy marched
completely naked under the scorchinc
sun. For another five days they did no,
have r morsel OF bread. nor even a droI
of water. They were scorcied to dealt
BY thirst. Hundreds upon hundreds fol
dead on tho way. their tongues wer,
turned TO charcoal. and when. at the enc
Of the five days they reached n foun,
tain, tho whole convoy naturally rushed
toward II.
But here the policemen barred III,
way and forbade them TO tax a singl,
drop OF water, Their purpose was to sci
II at from one to three liras the cup. anc
sometimes they actually withheld tn,
water after getting the money. At an
other place. where there were wells, som,
women threw themselves into them. a
there was no rope or pail to draw up tn,
water. These women were drowned, ant
in spite Of that. the rest OF the peopl,
drank from that we'll. the dead bodies
still remaining there and sinking IN Ill,
water. Sometimes. when the wells wer,
shallow and the women could 70 dow
into them and come out again. the othe
PEOPLE would rush 10 lick or suck thei
wet. dirty clothes, in the effort TO Qucncl
their thirst.
Last night about IL o'clock n littl
camp was suddenly attacked. Their
were about fifty to sixty persons In II.
found men and woIne badly wounded
bodies slashed open. broken skulls an
terrible knlIe WOuHus.
wounded Driven Forward.
1.-The soldiers kept OIL driving them for
ward with the butt ends of their rifle,
even sometimes with their bayonets.
have dressed bleeding wounds OF til
bodies OF women that had been cause
by these bayonet tl,rusts. Many chi
dren had lost their parents aud were no,
. without any support. Three hours dis
! lance from Osmania two dying MGR wer
living absolutely alone In tn" fields. Tho
mad been there for days without food Q
) even a drop OF water, after their CON
: panions had continued their march. The
. had crown as thin as skeletons, and onl
! their heavy breathing showed that ther
was stlll life In them, unburied wome
and children were lying in the bitches.
about 1,s00 loaves could be procure'
|, Everybody fell greedily upon US; I'll
priests who were charged with the di'
tribut,on Of tho bread had almost I
, fight for their lives but II was by n
. means sufficient. and no further brea
was to be had. \ crowd Of hungr
people stood implorinEly before W.. I'll
sendarmerie had to keep them back b
r force.
: Many women had their fec, fros
Z bitten they were quite black and In
n state for amputation. The wail'ng an
n Dreaming were horrible. Everywhel
Z there we're dying people In their lsi
. asoniss or dead bodies lying In no,
) Of the tents. was only By cal
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