The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-17
Story OF One Who Escaped

Of the N IBIS He escaped from Turkey crossed the
Japan to America landing in Seattle Washington Nay l9i 81
DEAR KIND AMERICANS beef asked to tell you my
sad story do know English hard for me to ex
myself but will try my best. IA
lived with father, mother brother and
happy We had colleges schools comfortable
homes that before March, 1915 suddenly our
town surrounded by Turkish soldiers PROMINENT
Armenian merchants doctors dentists professors
were imprisoned Then they began
to tell sad things and to tell Of touring the
seems not good but tell you of suffering my
people Ia
They professor history in our American Mis-
lonay College First they stick then they burned
his hair then they burned his fingers finally they
and all the time he murmuring Oh God your
They did not arrest father first but they
70 the prison and kept HIM in where they tortured prominent
Armenans After he torturngs they him. These
things will happen you you bring your guns my
father peaceful man. guns He was professor and
ne had with which He was kind man
and he could bear orturngs
they took Atknon Hospital two months of these
orungs the Turkish Government ordered all Armenans
ported to the Syrian and Arabian deserts and July 1915 5000
Armenans the most prominent city, doctors lawyers
merchants professors with their wives families began
towards the deserts Our family n this group
In America if pretty they to be prete if
someone beautiful they want to be beauf
SO in country during the dportaons depora
tons they spoil beauty gave saw mothers cut
the long hair OF their daughters mother the blond
hair of sister, but they could eyes
heard mothers saying Daughter wish blind But it'll
is hard to spoil the beauty which God gives
We travelling towards deserts by Turkish
soldiers and officers and these soldiers
few days officer saw my sister and asked
for her. but my that Neither would any
Armenian do Never will forget my were
standing the bank the River Euphrae
officer You Turk and Armenian you Moem and
Christian give you my daughter
in Bible that suicide SIM myself my
daughter into the river The Turkish officer said
do that for you will the condition in a days
After few days reached Maata This beautiful little city
fathers birthplace As the town father said
My beautiful birthplace will you also be my deathpace? When
reached Mala suddenly
separated women
for describe
for be separated from tried tell tot
America scene
goodbye time fathers
from the of their and children. could not
kiss my sister for the last time
surrounded by soldiers they pulled
without chance goodbye mother and sisters
and $50 Armenans thrown great dungeon Men
in the Orient do much have fathers bury their
daughters and they did not but this dungeon Armenian
man weeping wept and dark corner for
if my father weeping would make him sad All the
began They did not for their lives because
but they prayed for these and children who had
protect them or help them Finally Turkish officer came and looked
prison of the women?' sad Yes would But then again
Eyes Mooshek 60 to the prison the good
for that did, for in few hours that night midnight
the Turkish officers and soldiers took those $40 Armenian
the nearby and killed them ALL with and
knives One Of the Turkish soldiers laughed and told that they
did cartridges cost four cents each
When reached the prison Of the women only one boy Of fifteen
1000 children girls,
sad sight Mothers were asking me about their sons and about Their
husbands about their brothers, but could
only hey will all again though of in this
n world
night officer who had asked for from
father took her She weeping but there
help only boy fifteen of who could do
nothing and pleaded with the officer for her family
back city, mother little sister
But what happened those $500 and
children and girls? know will ask First they took their
money their carts goods they took their clothes
Our Armenian live without clothes and they
$ threw themselves into the rivers.
We but we mad no nome Inc
conscaed garden goods and all
little brother enough stand such
sufferngs so he would the night call
Brother you there in that they killing
ID father, just there in that corner?"
For months we lived protection
missionaries But it the intention of the
government kill every Armenian student Of the SOC
students college where studied only five
escaped and impossible for live there longer
planned the Army
September 1916 with four other Armenian villagers
goodbye my mother and little sister and began
journey II hard almost hopeless flight rough
o;roas he