The Penn's Grove record., 1919-03-07

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stronger in the course of his impriSon-
nlent and was released before US. He
was 500 removed from us and put in
an adjoining room with the Osmanli
Mullah and not allowed to see visitors.
For the first week or SO we had
many visitors and our fellow Jail
birds N being released showed us many
kind attentions, sending us meals and
samavars and tea and fruit and COM
ing with their wives to call. Other
Armenians came too, and the bishop
and chief men called on the German
Consul and Governor and Turks and
tried to get us released. So did Per-
slams; the doctors made representa-
lions to the Crown Prince. A paper
was gotten up and signed by some 200
prominent people, saying the Persians
had nothing against us and we were
guiltless. Ameni Dewan, M. Baghir
and Hojji Mira Agha were especially
active in our behalf. The Consul, too,
wrote notes and made calls, but moth
ing came of it at all.
At first we were hopeful Of getting
out soon but as time went on we about
gave up hope of being released till the
end of the war. After about two
weeks they became stricter about adj
hitting callers; after three weeks the
regiment whose men were in our yard
were sent forward and a new set Of
officers and men came in who knew
Jessup. Then we were subject to the
lndignity of having a sentienel put out
side our door with gun and bayonet
and every hour as the guards changed
fhnU 1nOlyn1 in fO con xrn bod not &c
capped. This was a change, for at first
we went about IN the second story
freely visiting the officers or going
out on the balcony. But for the last
three weeks we never went outside
that door. For the whole IA days |
never descended to the first story nor
set my feet on mother earth. 1t was
quite like a long sea voyage pacing
u floor for exercise and playing
quoits from day to day and the rest
Of the time reading, sleeping and eat
ing.
The last three weeks we practically
saw no enc but our .~jailors and settled
down to regular habits, reading all
day and either reading or playing
dominoes at night. Up about 6, cold
bath, breakfast at Z, a long morning
of reading Bible, Gibbons Rome and
some commentary. Afternoon more
Gibbons, and then some novel. Even
ing, Bible, Commentary, novel and bed
at 81! | have practically finished 4
volumes of Gibbons, read at least
half the Bible, been over Ottman's
book On Revelation nearly twice and
Gordon S little book on Christ's Sec
0nd Coming, besides ~re-reading guam
titles of novels. The first half of the
time | couldn't seem to settle down to
solid reading but the last few weeks
were really profitable.
From time to time we heard rumors
that we would be deported to Kars, or
Alleppo or Constantinople, but as we
couldn't do anything we didn't worry.
After we had been under arrest about
two weeks, M. Franssen gave permits
sion to the Turks again to enter our
house and school grounds. He says
it was for two days and that he hoped
thereby to secur our release. The
result has been to do a great deal of
damage to the property-our stable
yard stripped clean of doors, windows
and frames, and many other acts of
vandalism-and | don't know what
damage to our house and the school
for the Turks are still there. But
they have stolen 40 kharvars GO tons)
of school wood and burned platforms,
ETC., and made the whole place filthy.
The 18th of October, Sunday, we
heard that the Urumia missionaries
were being brought over and the next
day they arrived and were put into
the house above the Voigt's in the
Russian Bank garden. They were al
lowed to go out into the garden and
even cross to the Bank Presidents
arden, so were much freer. than we.
All of them were brought and also Mr..
Pfaumer and Miss Bridges and a Rus
sian and a French lady. Miss Schoe-
bel died the last week of September
of pernicious malaria.
They have had a terrible time. The
flight of the IS thousand Christians
from Urumia took place only a few
hours before the Turks entered Uru-
mia. The Shields left only three hours
before the Turks and Kurds arrived.
All the other missionaries stayed.
Miss Schoebel wished very much to go
but there vas no one to accompany
her, so she stayed to die.
On the arrival OF kurdS n Turks
together, Drs. Packard and Ellis were
in the city property and the others at
the college" The doctors were able
very early to see a commander who
made his headquarters in our city
property and to get him to send
guards to the college," the orphanage
and the Catholic Mission. But at the
orphanage Kurds and some Turks en-
tered, looted the front buildings and
then went to the school back where the
Planners, Miss Bridges and the or
phans were. A Kurd tried to carry
off Miss Bridges. Mr.. and Mrs. Flau-
mer held her by the arms to keep her.
At last a Turkish officer said, "We will
have to kill him." and they fired a
couple of shots into him as he was
holding Miss Bridges so that her
clothes were drenched with his blood.
The Kurds then carried Miss Bridges
off to the gate and was just putting