When being pressed hard by an excited mob which had collected on the scene, an over-zealous friend came to their aid, and said, 'Well, if they are Babis, what harm have they done to anyone ?' On this the tumult began, and the ferocity of the fanatical crowd rose to blood-heat.

The sympathizer was seized, and as the gathering grew, the opportunity to gratify private animosity and satisfy opposing interests was taken advantage of, and three other Babis were added, making six in all who were dragged before the Governor to be condemned as members of an accursed sect.

The Moullas urged them to save their lives by cursing the Bab, but they all refused.

The wives and children of some of them were sent for so that their feelings might be worked upon to renounce their creed and live, but this had no effect in shaking their resolution.

When told that death awaited them, they replied that they would soon live again.