The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-13
British Brutality to tho Black
Skins

Al hleAauurla NES9pt| itttcr 10 the
New York Herald saya: A. was drlv-
ing this morning 10 the Ras el Tia palace
| met Major French, of the Royal ma
rines, and about thirty Egyptian police
meu, each with blue ribbon tied about
| ne left arm as sIgu ut loyalty TO the
X khedlve. Behind taese policemen were
three Egyptians haudcuffed and being
led along by ropes tied around their nccks
They wore nothing but long blue gowns
the gdi.Jach and the middle Egyptian
strongly resempled Balrabbas as repre-
sented in the Ober Ammergau Passion
play.
The procession pas. ed through all the
| streets of Alexandria, and before we had
proceeded quarter OF mile were fol-
lowed by about six hundred Arabs In the
Rue des Snurs-where the famous mas
sacrc OF Europeans commenced, and where
the principal maefactor at the head of
our procession was proved by the Mixed
Police tribunal to have murdered at least
| three Europeans made a short halt.
Proceeding again to the Place des Cons
yer, and march through the Boulevard
de Rameh, we passed through the Eas-
| tern Gate. and arrived at Pompey's Pill
lar, where another short halt was made.
We then marched throug h the small Arab
| village of Carmoos, and arriving at hol-
low among the Roman catacombs we
found newly made grave. The princi-
| pal malefactor-the man who resembled
| Barabbas-was then blind-folded and
| forced to stand at the end Of the grave
that had been dug for him. At the En-
glish subaltern's direction five Egyptian
gendarmes advanced to within ten PAGES
of the man condemned to death The
other two criminals, who had been con-
victed of stealing, We're made to stand
facing the grave and SO that they could
best appreciate the example that was
about to be offered them. The Egyptian
gendarms leveled their Remington rifles
at the man sentenced to death. But at
the command Fire - from their SER
geant the hammers Of their rifles simply
clicked upon the cartridges, which turn
ed out to be damp and useless After a
delay Of five minutes s-which must have
seemed like FIVE hours to the malefactor
new cartridges were obtained and the
FIVE gendarmes again lcveled their rifles =
but with the same result. The cartridges
turned out to be spoiled. New cartridges
we're then distributed. The command,
''Firer' was third time given. And
for the third time there was only click
in the pan, and the wretched malefactor
still stood at the head Of his grave trem-
bleg with suspense New cartridges
we're then obtained from the magazine =
about mile distant-and now for the
fourth time the five Egyptian gen
darmes advanced, aimed their rifles at
the unfortunate devil, and at the com
mand, ''Fire" rafting report was
heard and the convict fell into his grave
The doctor stepped forward and found
that he had only been hit by two bullets
one tearing through his cheek and the
other making hole in his leg. The man
was now pulled up SO that he could be
again shot at. la the meantime he beg
ged and implored for somebody to come
and run bayonet through his heart. The
Eve Egyptian gendarme., however again
advanced, this time to within about eight
PAGES of the target, AMI the fifth time the
command was given to fire. The result
of this fusillade was that he was riddled
with bullets, not one Of which, however,
had struck him 10 vital spot, and the
man was still writhing in the dust, GOV
cred with streams Of blood. The sergeant
of gendarmes then came forward, put
the muzzle of his rife to the poor wretch 5
ear, pulled the trigger and the cartridge
happening to be good one, the mans
head was blown to pieces. Just as the
remains Of the convict we're being buried
a man quite near me sh outed in Arabic,
Now is the time to kill more Christians
Looking around me | found that besides
three English officers, few newspaper
correspondents and some dozen Euro
pean spectators the whole assembly, Of
perhaps a thousand persons. were ali
Arabs. There was no English post with
| in the distance Of half mile. A young
em ploye of the Eastern Telegraph com
pany promptly collared the Arab who had
uttered the dangerous cry and the gem
darmes took him 10 charge, and togeth-
er with the two thieves who had been
brought out to witness the execution, he
was hand cuffed and marched to the
| pOlice stati ,p iu Alexandria.