The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-04-08
A MOORISH ABDUCTION.
How an American and an English
man Rescued a Girl from
Slavery.

i ne IDllOWlDB lUCiucul VI -H'oi''h
/ life, which occurred a few weeks ago,
thoroughly illustrates the state st in
security to which the natives are sub |
iect. and which appears to he the
normal condition OF their existence AZ. |
Morocco. One day an Americaa and
an English officer were riding along !
the beach, and when about two
miles from Tangeir perceived a group
of fisherman who appeared to have
some alteration with a truculent look
ing Moor, armed with the usual long
firelock. On seeing the horsemen
approach some four or five men, ac-
companied by a pretty looking Mooish
girl of about seventeen years OF age,
separated from the crowd and called
out that the armed Moor had been
trying to carry off the girl by force,
Threatening at the same time tn Kill
her if she resisted. While this ex-
PLANTATION was going on the man OF
whom the complaint was made had
taken to his heels and. being god
runner, had gained consider bic
distance when the two gentlemen rode
after him.
Al LONG CHASE.
Finding himself pursued he made
for river, which he waded across up
to his middle. His pursuers plunged
. in afterward, and on being hard press
, ed the Moor again waded the river
, Three times this maueuvre was
executed, but at last the two gentle
+ men came up with the fugitive,
whom they captured and disarmed.
f They then gave the fellow in charge
! to the fishermen, who had now ar
rived on the spot, having followed the
!, the chase on foot, and sent him ac-
! companied by the Moorish girl, to
o the fort, where the khalifa administers
;. Justice. The girl Rachma Haltsoutz
, by name, stated that about two
months ago she was enticed by two
women to take walk with them on
: the beach. When a short distance
. from the town two armed Moors sud
denly made their appearance and
! carried her of by force to the village
of FL Menaar. Here the men were
f Joined by third and she was dera;n
n ed by them, being continually SUBJ
=, = Iected to brutal outrages.
n CAPTIVITY AND ESCAPE
d About fortnight after she was Ia
Ie ken to the village of Imgogha anC
d from that to Benz Hassen, near Tetu
an, where her captors met a party o
'e mountaineers, and now the girl dis
he covered from a conversation which
Dt she overheard that an arrangement
v. was being made to sell her as slav,
e to these men. The bargain, however
IN not being completed at once, she wa
L. taken to a village near Zorro Blan
in guile. on the coast and not far from
ia Iangler. During the temporary NIB
E. sence of two of the MOorS the captiv,
ar contrived To e!ude the vigilance ot tn,
u, third, and secured his poniard, which
a she concealed about her person. in
Do tending TO defend herself il d.iyen L
Mt extremity. She then slipped quietl,
IS, out OF the village, and, once clear, raj
be as fast as she vas able in the direction
it OF Tangler. After her departure som
he time ELAPSED before the man in who's
of charge the girl had been left discov
or cred that she had made her escape
2. but then, having armed himself will
IN a loaded gun he started III hot pursui
or overtaking his victim on the beach
an where she had encountered some fish
a ermen. who were drawins in thei
a ne1s, and from whom sire imp'oFe
d, protection. Judging ON her accUun
she appears to have received the mos
brutal treatment while q prisoner, q
:, she wa. constantly required to G
=. through the native Moorish dances
- but, not always being able to perforr
10 these to the satisfaction of Ter pers
bn cutors, they used, she affirms, to switc
~ her. severely, and certainly the cond
40 ton of the girls limbs bear testimon
81 to their having undergone very hars
ou trea ,ment. The man, who is now
40 prison. Ali A ineeah, is well-know
:. desI rate character. Before this /
- has cen successfully engaged in Il
w enterprise of carrying off women f
~ the puoOose of selling them to the i
,rt habitants of the mountain village
81 and he has also been guilty of vario
he murders, among others that of
- Young native woman, who resist
:, him in his attempt at forcible abdr
70 ton.