Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-27
Ell S,AHDDI.
ysrIy career of the willy Csisf OF the Sou
don OF the Rebels.

v,r,v career of the willy Chief oil the Sou.
don of the Rebels.
The False Prophet, I'll Mahdi (the
Messinh), Is the notorious slnye-dealer
ii.dii Xpcky, who for the last twenty.
dve wears has devastated the whole OF
MINER Egypt and the greater port If
| Rarbnrv and Fubia, and who, notwith-
stnnding the efforts of Sir Samuel Ba-
ker and Col. Gordon to capture him,
hos always contrived to escape. He Is
enormously wealthy, those VINO know
| him saying hat he is the richest man
| in Africa, while in courage and cruelty
| he can hardly be surpassed. Born of
| Arabian parents of the Bedwa tribe,
he was taken prisoner when only
how. and was sold toa Barbarian Sheik
or Chef, who was engaged in the slave
trade on the upper Nile. The Bedwas
are noted for their horsemanship, and
the False Prophet, who was then sim
nIv called Secky, soon displayed his
efficiency in this art. Slave-hunting,
although still II very profitable trade,
was mt that time even more flourishing,
aud his muster found him u very useful
acquisition, treating him well III every
respect except giving him of his liberty
Young ~ he was, he gave
unmistakable evidence of his cruel
nntlre. and assisting at scenes OF blood
shed and pillage, in which bis master
eycelled, while engaged in KIDNAPPING,
his disposition, already hardened, be-
came most ferjcious and bloodthirsty,
so much so that his companions gave
him the name of Kanitzen, or blood
driuker,n in which he still delights.
His master was often attacked by the
E,rypiiau troops while driving his
slaves To the seashore, being sometimes
beaten, but generally coming out the
cnnnutrer, and through these battles
the "blood-drnker" learned some
thing of the art OF war.
II was not 10 be expected that man
of his DISPOSITION would continue To be
the slave of another for long time,
and Mt the age oI 10 he put an end to
his bondage. He resolved upon liberia
linz himself by numbering his owner
and pogsessinE himself OF his property
,ns ,,ttlicuIty was 10 discover where
Hndii Asian the name OF his muster
,npaninp the sacred lion') kept his
treosure, and in this he had to obtain
; The assistance of IA female slave. Fol
rife months during the year Hadji
Asian was on his kidnapping eXpedi
,ions. and after disposiuS of his slaves
he retired to his estate ut Souakln, Oh
, tho Ped sea, where he lives i'll styl,
: and luxury for three mouths in eacf
: year. He there kept the better-loOk
ING of his female slaves and also whit
, slaves from the opposite mainland, ant
Z IL was through one of the latter tina
= Iecky obtained the requisit intorIna
? ton, shortly after their starting 70
! The interior, and while they were stil
- on Evvutiau soil, in the very vicinity
= of Knnrtntin, ne took those OF his us
SOCRATES who were slaves IKE hlllsel
a into his confidence, whlcn was no
= ditflcult, Us he not only promised Then
10 their liberty, hut part OF the pluhue
>. also, and, assistedby them ne murder
!, ed his master ana all MS lolloWefs
:. His next step was to send some me
with his dead masters ring 10 souaki.
witha message to ms DEAD master
!. children that he was taken i'll an
IF Desired to ..e them, and on their arri
. vsl mt ali his SONS to death, but IN
NJ douphters, who We're given up, wer
& not killed until they had undergcn
;. the greatest indignities. Armed wit
r Hudii Aslaus ring he proceedeu u
q SouGkin. where lie sold all his master
n wives and slaves, except ms lemal
he occ,mplice, with whom and the treas
N IRE he returned to khartoum, Whel
O. he murdered her also. Being atraI
ig that his companions might betray hi
or murder him, and not wanting
give them any part of Hadji Asian
-, property, he entered the CITY q,
- KhartoIlm and arranged with II
~ Governor that the latter should SUI
~, round his followers ut a place, L
~ mentioned that night and slaught
H. them which was done to his satisfa
", ton. Having thus liberated himst
aS and seized handsome fortune, an
". there being nobody left who wou
ar cause him any anxiety or annoyanc
n he proceeded to Cairo and joined o.
in holy caravn going 10 the shrine OF u
"a prophet OF mecca, and thus became
in holy pilgrim or Hadji, which entiti'
A. him to prefix tnat title TO his nam
ne thus becoming Hadji Iecky,.
nd On his return to the soudan he !
M came the terror of the country II
10 thousands of miles around, and has
I'M depopulated the districts OF Nuoi
he Barbary, Lower Abyssinia, ana u
RS Soudan that they are fast becoInlil
)r deserted. The late kbedive OF Egy
In engaged Sir Samuel Baker to proce
.as to the soudan and put an end to q
In. ravages of Hadii Iecky, but all In
r's Sir Samuel did was to fight again
ce innocent tribes and to allow Col. Alb
nut el-Kader to murder children al
les abuse women, carrying many OF the
of into captivity, for which expedite
N the unfortunate Egyptian Governme 9,
he was made TO pay 81 ,OOO,oo. on U
nd return of this expedition the khedlN
H. finding that no taxes could be collect'
nut in the soudan, and especially that
70, ivory was forthcoming, sent an ltali;
OF named Martini hey to treat WI
he Hadji Xecky, the terms beiag that u
ere robber should be allowed to pr
les through EgyptiaI territory unmoiest
nh with his caravan of slaves on con'
ton that lie should cease kidnapping,
the soudan, should pay for all !
stores procured in that province, al
should deliver to the knedive's
preventative Mt Khartoum 200 cante
of ivory per annum and twenty you
nu nuhinn nunuphs for the kneulN,