The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-01-30
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.IDAHO WORLD.
ToRTURE IN THE EAST.

the confines OF ClVIIlA"ClOn, oA>~
afroc;ous conduct should arouse the IN
dipnation of humane people through
ont the world. That sovereign is the
present Bey Of Tunis, whose whole Ca
reer since he became ruler Of his coun'
trv. has been marked by arbitrary OPP
preston and cruelty. A few OF the
aoed Sheiks Of his country, who had
known his character before he sue
ceeded his father-a mild and amlable
prince-urged his mother to let her
Younger son ascend the throne OF Iu-
mis-. The heir-apparent heard OF thls'
and with the help Of few OF his boon
companions he seized the reins OF Gov
eminent.
No sooner was he in power than he
vented his spite upon the above men
toned men. Not only were nine OF bis
victims bastinadoed in the most mercl-
less manner, but the eyes and tongues
of them were torn out, and they were
thrown, in this terrible and utterly help
less condition, in the middle of July, into
a desert spot, where they persisted mis-
erabiy, prey to the pitiless rays OF a
scorching African sun, and to the equal
" pitiless beaks of vultures and buzz,
yards. From that time the reign OF
the Bey of Tunis has been marked by
deeds of cruelty, which, if they have
not become generally known, because
perpetrated upon persons OF humber
condition in life than the illustrious
victims mentioned above, have been
none the less heinous. The Bey of
Tunis is the Supreme Judge in his
country. He tries criminals, and orders
their immediate execution, after hear
ing the case; or he annuls the DEGREES
of the Kadis if they do not suit him,
and Furnishes the unfortunate prisoners
according to his pleasure.
On the 9Th of November last the
Bey was in more towering passion
than ever before. He is an extrava-
giant liver, and spends more money than
the taxes of Tunis yield to him. Dur
ing the second empire he negotiated a
heavy loan in France, and some greedy
Italian bankers have likewise advanced
him large sums at exorbitant interest.
Being afraid of France, the Boy of Tu-
mis- pays his creditors in that country
punctually, but he has little respect
for Italy, ard last summer several ltal-
ian men-of-war had to threaten his Cap
ital with bombardment before he made
arrangements for paying the interest
due to Italian bankers. Being thus a
constant prey to financial embarrass-
ment, he does not like to be swindled
by his tax collectors. Now, on the
above mentioned 9Th of November, he
received trustworthy information that
three of them, Badu-Ben-Hakim, Aldu-
Ben-Fesi and Diakr-Bes-Legu, had for
years committed defalcations upon the
Bey's treasury, and accounted for only
two-thirds of the taxes they had col
lected. The Bey sent for the faithless
collectors, and after telling them about
their misdeeds, demanded what they
were going to do about it. The three
were so frightened by the anger of his
Highness, that they fell upon their
knees and, confessing their crime, i'm
plored his mercy. The Bey, unable to
control his rage, sprang to his feet,
crying: "You shall die, dogs!" He
ordered the Kadi of Tunis to appeared
before him and try the prisoners in &C
cordance with the old Moslem law.
The Kadi appeared, found the prisoners
guilty, and asked the Bey what punish
ment should be inflicted. The KaGi
told him that the law was that those
who stole money from the exchequer of
the Caliph, the Sultan, Or one of his
yassals, should be impaled.
"Let them be impaled," said the Bey.
Vainly did the wretched prisoners
implore his mercy. The Bey remained
inAexible, and the cruel sentence was
carried into execution on the morning
Of the following day.
An escort Of fifty soldiers took the
three condemned men to sand-mound.
on which had been erected the three
instruments on which they wereto suffer
their excruciating agony.
The doomed men looked detected,
but had regarded that calmness which
characterizes the Moslem when he knows
that death is Inevitable Those three
Instruments of an agonizing death,
we're strong iron splits, about ten feet
nigh. About five feet from the ground
here was q heavy nail through each
md of the cnita Whop H. II