Show STORY OF TERRIBLE CRIMES COMMITTED BY TURKS DURING occupation OF many massacred more succumb to disease and hundreds of christian girls turn moslems in hope of escaping violence new york at least 1000 christians ere killed and about others died of disease in Ur umlah persia during the five months ol 01 turkish occupation according to a let ter received by J I 1 caldwell amer lean minister at teheran from dr william shedd of Ur umlah and made miallo here friday by the presbyter ian board of foreign missions dr shedd stated that his figure were based on careful investigation and record there having been 3 christian burials alone in the city ol 01 and the Amerl cab college compound he said that before the russians left on january 2 there were between and christians in the city and surround ing villages within a few days at ter january 2 between 8 and left the country of the christian families 1 the district dr shedd said that all but 1000 were robbed ot all theli possessions and nearly all suffered some loss he said the total loss ol 01 christian bad been estimated eti mated at 2 and added that the presbyter Preb ian mission sustained a loss of 10 during one attack considerably more than christian girls turned moslems during the turkish occupy alon the writer said in hope ot es caping violence |