Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-05-19
MODERN FANATICiSM IN TUNIS.
FansticaI Moor Proposes to Exter-
mtnate the ChrtstIans-He Falls TO
Cutting Down Men, Women and
Children Indisc ri mi ma tely-He Kills
and Wounds between sixty and Sew
enty Persons.

mtnate the ChrtstIans-He Falls 10
Cutting Down Men, Women and
and Wounds between Sixty and Sew
enty Persons.
The following letter from lady residing
in Tunis, Northern Africa, furnishes par
ticulars of the bloody affair in that city, OF
which the telegraph has made mention.
The letter Is dated March IL, 1870.
L must give you an account of q shocking
affair that occurred here day before yester-
day. A fanatical Moor, who considered
himself charged 10y Allah. his God, to fall
upon the Christians, started about midday,
armed with q sharp sword, through the
streets, and commenced cutting down men,
women and children indiscriminately.
MIR. H., who was sitting at the
window of his study, heard people
screaming in the street below. Hejumped
up to see what caused the disturbance, and
saw the man give one or two cuts at our
skeefa door, which is always guarded by
one or more of the dragomen or servants of
the house. MIR. II. rushed at once to my
room, where ] vas sitting by the window
sewing, with the baby at my side, who had
como to say goodbye" before going out
I looked out of the window and saw the
Moor running along followed by some fifty
or more Arabs who were afraid to approach
him. At that instant the Moor struck at a
young boy just going into the college. In
a moment Saw him fall covered with blood,
he having been cut across the face, his eve
cut out, and his face horribly disfigured.-
Mr.. III. ran at once to give the alarm to the
authorities, and in descending into the
skeefa he found our young dragoman and
an old servant of ours, who had been in the
skeefa door as the man passed, both fright
fully wounded, and the skeefa covered with
blood. The men were taken Immediately
to our doctors, who is the best in Tunis
The Moor ran through the European quar-
ter for more than an hour, cutting down
from right to left all who were in his way.
He was finally arrested in the largest
mosque 10y an English dragoman, as it is
certain death for a Christian to enter a
mosque in this country. Hehad. however,
before being arrested, wounded and killed
between sixty and hundred persons.
can give you no idea of the scene that
followed; for long time it was not known
that he had been caught, and at every mo-
ment the people feared he would appear
from another quarter; then the rumor got
cut that three of them were cutting people
down and that the Moors would not have
them touched, as they had been inspired
by Allah.
The CouSuls called a meeting at the
British Consulate and decided to take
steps at once 10 protect the people, as they
feared a revolution; particularly as after an
hour. and when il was known the man had
been arrested, the populace, many of them
bearing their wounded children in their
arms. assembled in front of the British
Consulate and demanded that the Moor
should be brought Immediately to the
Plaza and be beheaded before them. This
would have been impossible, and would
have tempted the Arabs to general mas
sacre, as they regard the dead body sacred,
and to have "a Christian touch 1t is sacrilege
to them.
1t was decided that the American Con-
sui and French Consul-General should 90
at once to the Bey's Palace in the country
and insist on his coming to Tunis, or send
inc his Prime Minister to satisfy the peo-
pie and render justice. The Prime Minis
ter and another high officer much beloved
and respected, came escorted by large
body of troops The Plaza was by this
time flied bya mass of most excited peo-
pie, calling in a low aud determined voice
for vengeance. Ii was something awful to
see and hear, and the events of the day
will never be forgotten py those who wit
ness d them People of MANY tongues
and nations were crying oGt 10 be revenged
for this frlGhtful carnage.
After some moments Heradean, one of the
Ministers, came forward and announced
from the open window, surrounded by all
the Coasuls, that in fifteen minutes Justice
should b. done, but that the nan must be
executed in the Moorish quarter, otherwise
he could not answer for the safety of the
Europeans. A deputation of five Consuls
from different nations was immediately
sent to the place of execution, and all
waited breathlessly for their return with
the assurance that the execution had taken
place. 1t was with tie greatest difficulty
that the crowd could be prevented from
going into the Moorish quarter, which in
their excited condition would have been
certain revolution. In half hour the
deputation returned and assured the mob
that they had seen the Moor beheaded,
and Heradean made another speech in
French, begging them to return quietly to
their homes, and that he with large
guard would patrol the city during the
night, and would insure perfect protection
for them and their families. Just as the
sun set the crowd dispersed, and we all re-
turned to our homes, L having gone with
my family under q strong escort to the
Swedish Consulate
Mr.. II. went Immediately to the doctors,
where our men had been taken, and found
the dragoman still after four hours, bleed
ing from four arteries. and the doctor
working with him. They were finally
found and burnt with a red hot iron, and
At o'clock, p. M, be had been con-
veyed to his home. He is still i'll from
fever and loss of blood, and was only able
to recount how it happened.
1t appears that his friend entered our
skeefl, having wounded the man sitting at
the door, and in trying to seize him. as is
The duty of the dragoman. he received the
cut upon the hand. Mr.. III. has written de-
spatches to the government, and has asked
for sword to be presented TO the drago-
man for services rendered to the American
Consulate in a moment of such great dan
ger, and when a crowd OF nearly hundred
people We're following the Moor and none
of them dared to touch him.
It appears that this fanatic said that Mus
selmen serving Christians were worse than
Christians themselves, which was perhaps
the reason why he attacked them at this
Consulate. The Consuls have made col
lection amongst the Europeans One
broker and an italian dragoman being
charged with it, they have succeeded very
well, all giving freely-the Consuls heading
the list.
"WAITER, II take my hat. said a gentle
man at ball one evening, as he was about
going home. "What kind of hat was it,
sir?" "a bran new one that bought this
'.Well, SIR" said the waiter.
'all the good hats have been gone for more
an two hours"
A Row FOR LIFE.-Last Friday evening,
between eight and nine O'Clock, young
man in the employ of Taber, the we'll
known boatman at Black Rock, started
from Chippewa in light wherry, to come
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