The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-12-31
AN EGYPTIAN SENSATION.
Incidents Of Case That il Now Exciting In
terest In Cairo-H0w Egyptians Dis
pOsc of Their Enemies.

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Incidents Of Case That is Now Exciting In
| terest In Cairo-How Egyptians DIS
pose Of Their Enemies.
A Cairo correspondent, writing on
the goth of October to The London
Times, says: A certain poisoning
case. which is shortly coming on for
hearing before the native tribunals, is
causing such interest among the pub
lie here that it has induced me to OBJ
tain details, which, think, will not
be without interest to the public at
home. They are as follows:
For years (thirty or more) there HAS
existed in the government at Cairo a
certain Sheik Mahmoud, chief clerk to
the various governors. This man is
most corrupt, artful, unscrupulous,
| the ruin of many families, extorting
gold from all persons who came to the
government to obtain grants, employ
ments, etc., also from heads or sheikhs
Of guilds in consideration of their ap-
pointment as such.
There has existed in Cairo also an
other man of the same caliber, named
Ahmed Mounib-for many years in
government employ, and in the new
reorganization of police temp. Mr.
Clifford Lloyd) admitted as a maoun
or chief of a police district in Cairo.
This man is also we'll known as un-
scrupulous and corrupt 10 these
may be added Said Mahomed, chief of
the Cairo fire brigade, and one or two
others. These formed a SO ciety which
could not easily be overcome by the
merchants, traders, etc., and, with
the Sheik Mahmoud at the govern
ment to influence the governors, and
with the other members of the coterie
in the districts, these persons, some of
them powerfully protected by high
officials, were we'll nigh invincible.
and Cairo (the ordinary inha bltants)
stood in awe of them accordingly, as
it was we'll known they would stick at
nothing.
Formerly also there existed as
writer in the Gouvernoral one Mahom-
ed Efendi Ibrahim, who, being with
Sheik Mahmoud, had ample means OF
observing his corrupt practices.
These two quarreled eventually. By
the sheik's influence Mahomed Ibra-
him was turned out of his employ
ment, and became q ruined man, even
prosecuted still by Sheik Mahmoud.
But, unable to endure this persecu-
ton, after time Mahomed Ibrahim
went to Capt. Fenwick, command
ant of police, and preferred his COM
plant, and said that he could prove
that the finance department had been
unwlttingly paying pensions up to the
present day to three women who had
died fifteen years ago, and this with
the cognizance of Sheik Mahmoud
and another of the coterie.
"When," he said to Capt. Fenwick,
you have examined this and found it
true, will tell you of fifty other
frauds which that man has committed,
but l ask meanwhile protection. and
that the affair should be investigated
by you personally as an Englishman,
otherwise the truth will not come
out"
Capt. Fenwick, knowing how cor
rupt was the sheik. and how Cairo
groaned under his injustice. turned
his whole attention to the matter, with
the result that it was discovered to be
true. Seeing now that the affair was
in the hands of an Englishman, that
Mahomed Ibrahim had made good his
case, and knowing that he could prove
other things, these worthies-Sheik
Mahmoud, etc., saw but one course
that is. to poison tho old man, who,
feeling his life to be in danger. again
appealed to the police, and at the
same time telegraphed to his highness
the khedive, who was pleased to or
der that he should be protected. A
police agent was accordingly placed
with Mahomed Ibrahim and accom-
panied him for several days. In fit,
however, of overconfidenoe, Mahom-
ed Ibrahim, after noting to some of
the inhabitants of his district that he
had been invited by Shiek Mahmoud
to dine. nominally to arrange their
difference, dismissed his police agent,
and went off by himself to the sheik's
house. It appears. however. that he
was sent on from thence, being told
apparently that the sheik was not at
home, to the police caracol of Darb-
el-Ahmar, Cairo, where was Ahmed
Mounib, another of the coterie. Here
he was given by Ahmed Mounib some
sherbet out of bowl, while several
persons assembled drank out of
glasses. It was supposed that the
old man. however careful he might
have been as to what he ate and
drank in Sheik Mahmoud's house, had
no fear in accepting what was given
at this place. (Sheik Mahmoud and
Mounib were most intimate friends.)
After drinking the sherbet he stayed
ten minutes and then felt SO i'll that he
had to 60. He began vomiting. was
found on the road by black, who
helped him home, swearing as he went
that he would be revenged. He told
his case to several persons. He con-
tinued in his house for about three
days vomiting terribly at intervals.
and finally died.
Ahmed Mounib showed himself
much interested in the medical certifi-