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Show 1 J ATROCITIES OF THE TURKISH TR.OOPS Ml AFTER THE CAPTURE OF KRUSnEVO j I few .,rv3vlk V7, MgK50 fit) mS J6 ix v-. -JrTr1 fir V4li3X s 7 p W X T Ml- - asKSife&OT ;8 wC ? if I m en s e c s H k-M It The mnp shows tlio position of tho Balkan stntcs and tho location of !' W various points of Interest, particularly Monastlr, whoro tho Ilussian conoul !FS was Itillod. nnil Krushovo, which was retaken from tho Insurants with ilmi S- groat slaughter. In tho tippor right hand cornor of tho map Is Sofia, tho pj I capital of Bulgaria, from which tho revolutionary movement Is directed. E MK'Se ' ' r mlly Tho followlug letter from a mission- Thursday, tho 13th, sovon battalions, wBlg.' ry In Turkey, contains tho first mi- with ono battery of artlllory, had as- iH thcntlc nows nf tho atrocltlos com- Bumbled at Krushcvo under Bakhtlar EHu milted by tho Turkish soldiers at tho Pasha, who proposed that tho Komlta- i' BlFf Tho fo"ow'uK 'otter from a mission- jD ary In Turkey, contains tho first nil- ftMnTO thcntlc nows nf tho atrocltlos com- H milted by tho Turkish soldiers at tho gS9R sacking of Krushevo: BISflt KnisliQVo Is situated on tho summit IIVMI of a hill olght hours' Jouruoy to tho Irani northwest of Monastlr, It contains lP 2,000 houses r.nd 10,000 inhabitants, t IB mostly Wallachs calling thomsclvcs jfrHf,, Greeks. There are only about 100 H Iflr llulgarlan houses, and tho owners of Ht these are poor. Tho Wallachs aro iriwK prosperous merchants who go abroad IVfb on buslnoss, leaving their families at B-'ff Krushovo, and after making tliolr for- yH t'liios by dillgeuco and economy ro- E$B 'urn spond their wealth ou flno hB& homes, furnlturo. Jewels and vlclou3 IjflHp Indulgonco. The bazaar and market kIBL are frequontcd by tho Inhabitants of IL'Hf t'10 surrounding villages. Its Turkish &KK' neighbors havo long looked askanco KJHf t tho prosperity of Krushovo. Tho BijH Macodoulan committee, on the other sHSt, band, had already concerted arrange- HjKlk meats with tho Bulgarians in Krush- BlaBp ovo, with a vlow to bringing about (lis- Kfffil turbanccs thero. This becamo known BoHy' In July last, when tho Mudlr of Krush- HNI ovo observed a certain movement HUH'' among tho Uulgarlans, and warned BHr l,1 Vr" "f Monastlr, begging him to HB' send to Krushovo sutaclcnt rolnforco- 99 Dients, as tho garrison of thirty sol- HflH'' "crs was Inadequate. Tho Vail of HH Monastlr, having received repeated Hi warnings from tho Mudlr of Krushovo, tho laltor, at tho end of July, went In IfiHj person to Monastlr to consult tho JBjnj Rnnday, August 2, wan tho day fixed B9J'. for tlio llulgarlan attack upon Kroah- Bk cvo. On that day four marriages woro HHf' colebratcd In tho Greek church thero. BSKls Aftor tho last marria.io a KomltaJI, E acting In concert with the band out- HII side, remained hidden In tho church. JEIl Tho sacristan locked tho doors and do- BRIT parted at ten o'clock. In tho course SJ ' of tho night tho KomltaJI who had aOi (. htddon lilmself mounted tho stooplc, BHn i nnd began to sound an, alarm, ring- ffi !r, g tho boll. Simultaneously a band Hflj I" Ot 300, commanded by l'otroff, ontor- BjM j ' od tho town, firing tliolr rllles. Tho I torrlflcd Inhabitants, remained In W ! t,'0,r houses. Tho band proceoded to 891 i tno houso of Mudlr, which thoy burn- mm -' ! Tho garrison ot thirty soldiers HH nurrondcrod and wcro massacred. Tho ffl ofllclals wcro also killed, but tho Ko- jnM (,'' mltajls spared tho Turkish haroms. On YMu ' Monday morning tho Komltajls cs- Hi ' Uthllshod a provisional govcrntnont, M consisting of a pollco and a mtinlci- Wffl pallty. They killed ten Christians who thoy considered had botrayed tho 'MJ '' plans ot tho commltteo. Thoy also Hi cnllod upon tho notablos, a list ot W&m ! whom had already boon prepared, and V9 compelled them to contribute a sum fS ' Tho Turks hearing of tho capture of jHHf A Bulgarian Outpost. 'flfllr Krushovo sent Immediately from Per- 'ORy' 'opo tlir0Q squadrons ot cavalry. As JJbSUX' therni wero marching along tho high- kinVJr- y,ny tllL'y woro attnekod and rompolled tflB' to retire, leaving 100 of their number -frmfe, klllod. After this check tho Turks "mBr bogan slowly to concontrato, and by Thursday, tho 13th, sovon battalions, with ono battery of artlllory, had assembled as-sembled at Krushevo under Bakhtlar Pasha, who proposed that tho Komlta-Jis Komlta-Jis should allow the women and children child-ren to lcavo tho town, but this proposal pro-posal was rejected. On Thursday morning the bombardment of tho town began. When tho third bomb was thrown tho Komltajls abandoned the town, and, taking advantage of tho cover afforded by traversing ravines, escaped Into the neighboring forest, where pursuit was impossible All resistance n tho part of Krushovo thon ceased, and tho Turks entered tho town. Meanwhile, howovor, tho Turkish vlllagors In tho neighborhood, all bad characters, assembled In tho Turkish' camp. Thoso villagers, knowing all tho houses of tho families In Krushovo, guldod tho soldiers in their attack Typical Turkish Soldier, upon thoso of tho Grook notables. Approaching Ap-proaching tho houses, thoy ordered tho Inmate? to como out, searched thorn, stripped thorn naked, toolc from thorn the money and Jowols which tho victims wero trying to savo, thon put tho women and chlldron aside, selecting select-ing whoever among tho former appealed ap-pealed to tholr brutish appetites. Anyone Any-one who resisted was Immediately killed. In this connection many terrible ter-rible Incidents occurred. A fathor, Nicholas Pouscas, was attempting to protect his daughter from violation, whon ho was killed by a blow from a hatchet. Tho earrings wcro forcibly torn out of tho girl's cars, and her hrnd was chopped off to cnablo tho assailants to obtain tho bracelets she wore. All tho houses wero pillaged, and tho Turkish peasants loaded tholr horses with wlmtovor tho soldiers could not carry away. Tho houses wero thon set on flro by means of potrolcum. Tho sack of Krushovo lasted throe days, during which tho women and children remained without food, shel-tor, shel-tor, or morcy on tho part of tho boI-dlors boI-dlors and Bashl-Haiouks, It was only on Saturday that tho occupation of Krushovo was reported at Monastlr. Tho Qrcolc bishop of Krushovo, who was absent at Monastlr, arrived at Krushovo on Saturday, nnd left again for Monastlr on tho Monday, having boon unablo to find any resting placo. Ovor 100 Greeks wero klllod. Tho municipal doctor was murdorod with a hatchet for protesting against tho massacre Tho Greok corpses havo not yet been Interred. Many of thorn -havo bcon gnawed by dos and pigs, and tho stench rondcrs tho district un-Innobltablo. un-Innobltablo. Tho Turkish authorities, (.eclarlng an inquest to bo necessary, refused permission to any of tho survivors sur-vivors to lcavo tho town. Threo hundred hun-dred nnd sixty houses nnd 216 shops including all tho finest houses of tho Grook notables, wero pillaged and burned. Thousands of pcnplo aro ox-por ox-por ! to tho Inrlpmoncy of tho weather weath-er u.ul famine They aro left to con-tomplato con-tomplato with despair tho smoking ruins of tho beautiful town which was built by tho fruu3 of tholr Industry. |