Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-15
JUSTICE IN EGYPT.
The Terrible Penalty Which an Inno-
cent Man Had to Undergo.

ANS squire.
Once l had occasion TO make n com.
plant against the MoOdir of the province
of Menouf on account of the aIarrninO
weakness Of certain dykes of one of the
largest canals. The Nile was rising ran
/ idly and the news from the Soudan indi-
Gated still higher rising. | was aware
that the contractor for the reDair of the
/ dykes-a Turk-had arranged with the
inspector, another Turk, to exercise a
| prudent economy in the matter of stones
! and piles, with view to transferring the
balance into their own pockets. 1t hap
/ pened that the celebrated Ibrahim Pasha,
! son OF Mehemet Allie rdinQueuFde Negil
owned the land on the opposite side of
/ the cotton plantation of which | was di-
rector being on'ths bank.
The MOOdir-also Turk, but com
paratively an honest fellow-knew that l
did not laugh on business matters: how
ever, ne said 10 me, ''-HOR cher, don't
/ allow, | beg of you, your complaint 10 90
further. Those two fellows who have
eaten the contract money have many
friends at court, and |, myself am some
Wnat mixed up i'll some transaction with
them, undertaken, of course, out of friend
ship and without pecuniary cOnsidera-
tons whatever. If l were to show nv
teeth, | should only get into a mess with
out doing you much good" "Well," said
L must have the work done on my
side of the canal, and quickly; otherwise
am bound to go at once in
person to Cairo" The Moodir. fear
ing the consequences, had the work be-
gun during the night, and for three davs
and nights about fifty persons. men,
women and children, were at it. Mean
While the Nile rose higher and higher.
and suddenly the dyke burst at distance
fifteen hInhrnH ap3c
own boundary, and all Ibrahim Pasha's
crops were ruined. | went at once to the
spot ON horseback; all was confusion, and
there was nothing to be done, except for
the Bashi-BazOuks and the officers of the
Moodlriah to gallOp about all over the
place and hit the innocent fellaheen. who
had nothing on earth to do with if. over
the head with sticks.
The day following, while ont riding. I
saw man-an Egyptian fellah of high
positlon-WhO was under inspector of the
dykes and canals; he was in chains and
en- route to the MOOdiriah or court house.
He implored me to help him. Go" said
l, land | will follow and see what comes
of all this.' Well, / went. He was ac-
cused of having neglected his work, and
thereby caused the disaster, all manner of
false witnesses being produced against
him by the real culprits.. 1 spoke to the |
MoOdir, imploring him not to punish the
innocent for the guilty, and threatening |
that if he did l would expose the whole |
case. l then left the court, but was re-
called after few minutes and received bv |
the MOOdir, with whom found the Turkish |
inspector, one of the real rascals. sGYou !
are quite right" said the former, ''the man |
is innocent, and we are going, to release |
him; in fact, my orders to that effect have |
been given" | thanked him heartily and !
went home. But eight days afterward- |
on certain Sunday evening" was com |
ing back from fair, riding in company |
with some Bedouins. We were close to !
the spot where the dyke had given wav,
but which had now been repaired. In |
front of us was small crowd of people |
gathered round some object. What was |
it? Alas! it was no other than nv moor |
friend, the under inspector, buried up to |
his neck in mud and earth, speechiess. |
and dying. He had been there |
exposed to the burning sun. with his |
head shaved-tOr the whole liVelong day.
Justice-the justice of the Turk toward
the Egyptian-had been done. Ibrahim
Pasha himself had ordered the terrible
death sentence, and the next day the poor
fellow expired.