Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-13
NEW YORK HEAVEN
SLAVE GIRL THOUGHT
Rescued From Turkish Horrors,
She Comes to Join Brother
In the United States.
From Tho New York Sun

From Tho New YORK sun
On the base of the thumb of the right
hand of a girl of 20, who arrived IN New
York a few days ago, is mark tattooed
In inde6ble INK 1t rs the slave mark oi
the Arabs The girl rs Vartanousch karagh-
eusan, an Armenian. She Is the first Ara b
slave to reach this country since the Turk
sh deportations of l9l5-l6, when thou
sands of Armenian and Syrian women
were driven from their homes TO Aleppo,
on the edge of MesopotamIa.
From July to October, 1915, she and
her mother. sister, aunt uncle and two
small cousins were on the road in charge
of brutal Turkish guards. Their only
food WAS roots and grass picked from
the roadside. The mother died IN the
girls arms. few days later the SISTER
gave up. As beating did not rouse her
the Turks kicked her off 10 one side Of
the road and left her to die alone. For
begging to hc allowed to remain with
her sister Nartanousch WAS lashcd Later
her uncle WAS murdered, her aunt and
cousins pcrlshcd of starvation and eX-
pOSurc, and at the end of the route Var
tanorch was the only member 81 her
family lcft out Of several thousand
captive trmrnians who had started in
july only 100 were alive in October
IS She spoke Turkish ami Syrlan as
well rs Armenian She was used o a mill
tarv Interpreter Then to escape the
horrors OF living with the army she went 70
3 Turkish hospital There she found a
girl from her home town, disguised and
serving aS a nurse This friend got Var
tanoUsch into the hospital and for months
she nurscd the Turkish wounded AZ the
Zahleh base When the British captured
Jerusalem she escaped 10 their lines and
was sent to the American relief station
IN BEIRUT There while she was doing
out soup to refugees an Armenian who
had been IN America and who was with
the french Army asked her namc. she
gave Ii.
II know John karachcusian. who
sells ORIENTAL ruG7 ii Minneapolis, he
said Arc YOU related tn hm Her
answer WAS He Is my brother The
soldier wrote to the brother The latter
had tho Near East Relief in New York
cable money to the girl and hinlscl came
to New York In june last he got word hat
his sister had received the remittance.
Since then The Near East Relief has been
trying 70 bring her "a America, and non
il has succeeded She was accompanied
10y Marshall Ingalls, MAYS 4 Near IaSt
Relief worker oi Topeka kau MayS
was a soldier il the ThIrtv-hfth DIVISION
After the arInIStIce he went 70 Beirut
In October he was sent 10 Dchr el-ham
70 protect an orph4nagc In charge Of 4
lone American woman. Miss Adelaide
Crane Of kentucky In an American UNI
form with u curved DamAsccnc sword hc
inspired the wild Druso, with awe When
not giarding the building lie vas tAe
urphanage barhcv, bobblng aS many
Is thirty-fve small heads in . day Hc
says the return home with the refugee
Armenian cirl was not pleasant Ii Con
>tantinople the slave mark attracted
much attention
The brothe. from Minneapolis, who
had not seen his SISTER in twelve years.
met her ii the pier IN New York She
greeted hua historically, I,e says She
did not realize she was IN New y ork.
but thought il WAS heaven Theatres.
automobile rides, pretty clothes and
much kindness hav" thus far failed to
make her smile ior her suffering has
left her III a pufQl state Bot Tins
time next year | viii bring her back and
you wont know heI he added She Is
going To attend = Margaret 5 Academy
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