| Show atrocities OF THE TURKISH TROOPS AFTER arter THE CAPTURE OF V ro VA I 1 arm V k L vat V IZ U M R Z Z A hn Cs 0 i 0 ai tz a YEN ff az UNIX ca anna ft G 1 9 9 C B 4 the map shows the position of the balkan states and the location of various points of interest particularly monastir Mo where the russian consul was I 1 filled and which was retaken from the insurgents with great slaughter in the upper right hand corner of the map is sofia the capital ot of bulgaria from which the revolutionary movement Is directed the fol following lowin letter from a mission try ary in turkey contains the first au all news of the atrocities corn com fitted by the T soldiers at the sacking of Krush evo brush evo is situ situated atea on the summit of a hill eight hours journey to the northwest of r it contains 2 houses nd ad 10 COO inhabitants mostly wallaces Wal lachs calling themselves greeks there are only about bulgarian houses and the owners of these are poor the wallaces Wal lachs are prosperous erous merchants who go abroad on business leaving their families at Krush evo and after making their for tunes by diligence and economy re turn to pend their wealth on fine houses furniture jewels and vicious indulgence the bazaar and market are tire frequented frequent od by the inhabitants of the surrounding villages its turkish or guiboro nUi t bor boro haje hale long looked askance ut at the prosper ty of Krush evo I 1 he macedonian committee on the other hand land had already concerted arrange ants with the he bulgarians in krush P evo evo with a view to bringing about dis tur bance there this became I 1 tn in july last when the of krush evo observed a certain movement among the Dulga bulgarians nans and warned the vali vall of monastir Mo begging him to send to Krush evo reinforce ments as the garri on of thirty sol diers was inadequate the vali vall of monastir Mo having received repeated war s from the of krush bj evo the latter at the end of july went in person to monastir Mo to consult the vali vall sunday au august 2 was the day fixed tor for the bulgarian attack upon kresh res h evo on that day four marr marriaga marria lags gs were celebrated in the grek church there after the last marriage a Komit Komi ajl tajI acting in concert with the band out side remained hidden in the church the sacristan locked the doors and de parted at ten 0 clock in the cours of the night the Komi taji who had hidden himself mounted the steeple and find began to sound an alarm ring ing the bel bell simultaneously a band apol oi 1 SOO commanded by enter ed od the cie town firing their rifles the terrified inhabitants remained in heir their houses the band proceeded pro ceded to ans and house of wh ch they burn ed the garrison of thirty soldiers surrendered eur and were massacred the officials were also 1 billed but the ko is spared the turkish harems on monday morning the es a provisional government consisting of a police rolice and a they I 1 billed ten christians who they considered had betrayed the plans of the committee they also called upon the notables a list ot of whom had already been prepared and compelled them to contribute a sum ot 10 the turks hearing of the capture of A Bute bulgarian Bul carian arian outpost hrush evo sent immediately from per lepe three squadrons of cavalry As these were marching inarching along the high v ay they were attacked and compelled to retire leaving of the r number I 1 lifted after this cheal the turks began slowly to concentrate and by thursday the seven battalions with one battery of artillery had as at Krush evo under bakhtiar pasha who proposed that the komita j s should allow the women and child ren to leave the town but this proposal was rejected on thursday morning the bombardment of the town began when the third bomb was thrown the Komita jis abandoned the town and taking advantage of the cover afforded by traversing ravines escaped into the neighboring forest where pursuit was impossible all resistance c n the part of Krush evo then ceased and the turks entered the town meanwhile however the turkish villagers in the neighborhood all bad characters assembled in the turkish camp these villagers knowing all th houses of the families in Krush evo guided I 1 the soldiers in their attack cyp cal turkish soldier upon those of the greek notables ap pro preaching aching mg the houses they ordered the inmates to come out searched them stripped them naked took from them the money and jewels which the victims were mere trying to save then put the women and children aside select ing among the former ap pealed to their brutish appetites any one who resisted was immediately killed in this connection many ter Inel incidents dents occurred A father nicholas was attempting to protect his daughter from violation when he was killed by a blow from a hatchet the earrings were forcibly torn out of the girls girl s ears and her h nd was chopped oft off to enable the assailants to obtain the bracel ts she wore all the houses were pillaged and the turkish peasants loaded their horses with whatever the soldiers could not carry away the houses were then set on fire by means of petroleum the sack of Krush evo ovo lasted three days during which the women and children remained without food shel ter or mercy on the part of the sol diers and bashi bazoukas it was only on saturday that the occupation of Krush evo was reported at monastir Mo the greek bishop of Krush evo who was absent at monastir Mo arrived at Krush evo on saturday and left again for monastir Mo Yo on the monday having been unable to find any resting place over greeks were killed the municipal doctor was murdered with a hatchet for prote ting against the massacre the greek corpses have not yet been interred many of them have been gnawed by does dos and p gs and the stench renders the district un un lna inhabitable abitable the turkish authorities Lo cec lanng claring an inquest to be nee ne casary sary refused permission to any of the sur sul v ivors to leave the town three hun dred and sixty houses and shops including all the finest houses of the greek notables were pillaged and burned thousands of people are ex posed to the inclemency of the er and famine they are left to con template with despair the smoking ruins of the beautiful town which was built by the truus of their in austry |
