The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01
AN EGYPTIAN SENSATION.

AN EGYPTIAN SENSATION.
Incidents OF Case That 10 Now Exciting In.
terest In Cairo-How Egyptians Ns-
pose Of Their Encmlcs.
A Cairo correspondent, writing on
the goth of October to 7Ac London
Times, says: A certain poisoning
case. which is shortly coming on for
hearing before the native tribunals, is
causing such interest among tho pub
lie here that it has induced me to OBJ.
tain details. which, think, will not
DO without interest to tho public at
homo. They arc rs follows:
For years uhirty or morc) there has
existed in the government at Cairo a
certain Sheik Mahmou.l, chicf clcrk to
the various governors. This man is
most corrupt. arttul, unscrupulous, },
the ruin Of many families. extorting
gold from all persons who came to tho
government to obtain grants. employ
mcnts. etc., also from heads or shcikhs
Of guilds in consideration of thor np-
pOintmcnt us such.
There has existed in Cairo also an-
other man Of tho same calibor, named
Ahmed Mounib-for many years in
government employ, and in tho now
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 Mahomcd, chief of
the Cairo fire brigade. and ono or two
others. These formed u society which
could not easily DO overcome by tho
merchants, traders, etc., aud, with
the Shcik Malmoud ut the goveru.
mcnt to influence the governors, ant.
with the other members of the cotcr;e
in tho districts, these persons, some of
thom powerfully protected by high
officials. woro we'll nigh invinc.blc.
and Cairo Othe ordinary inha bltants)
stood in awe of them accordingly, as
it was we'll known they would stick ut
nothing.
Formerly also there existed us
writer in tho Gouvcrnoral one Mahonl-
cd Eilendi lbrahim, who. being with
Shcik Mahmoud, had ample means Of
observing his corrupt practices.
These two qmarrclcd eventually. by
tho shcik's influence Mahomed lbra-
him was turned out of his employ
ment, and became ruined man. oven
prosecuted still by Shcik Mahmou,l.
But, unable to endure this pcrsccu-
tion, after time Mahomcd Ibrahim
went to Capt. Fcnwick, command
ant of police. and preferred his COM
plant, and said that hc could prove
that the finance department had been
unw'ttingly paying pensions up to the
present day to three womon who had
died fifteen years ago. and this with
the cognizanco of Shcik MahmouJ
and another of the cotorie.
"When," he said to Capt. Fonwick,
you have examined this and found it
true. l will tell you of fifty other
frauds which that man has committed,
but ! ask meanwhile protection. and
that the affair should DO investigated
by you personally as an Englisllman.
otherwise the truth will not come
out"
Capt. Fenwick, knowing how cor.
rupt was tho shcik. aud how Cairo
gruaned under his injustice. turned
his whole attention to the matter, with
the result that it was discovered to bo
true. Seeing now that the affair was
in tho hands of an Englisl,man, that
Mallomed Ibrahim had made good his
case, and knowing that he could prove
other things, these worthios-Shcik
Mahmoud, etc, saw but one courso-
that is. to poison the old man, who,
feeling his life to bo in danger, again
appealed to the police, and at the
same time tclcgraphcd to his lighncss
the khedivo, who was pleased to or.
der that he should be protected. A
police agent was accordingly placed
with Mahomcd lbrahim and accom-
panied him for several days. In a fit.
however, of overcontidonco, Mahom.
ed lbrahim, after noting to some of
tho inhabitants of his district that he
had been invited by Shiek Mahmoud
to dino, nominally to arrange their
difference, dismissed his police agent,
and went off by himself to the shcik's
house. 1t appears. however. that he
was sent on from thence, being told
apparently that tho shcik was not ut
home, TO tho police caracol of Dnrb.
elAllmar, Cairo, where was Ahmed
Mounib, another of tho coterio. Here
he was given by Ahmed Mounib some
sllerbet out Of a bowl. whilc several
persons assembled drank out of
glasses. 1t was supposed that the
old man, however careful he might
have been as to what he ate and
drank in Shcik Mahmoud's house, had
no fear in accepting what was given
at this place. (Shoik Mahmoud and
Mounib were most intimate friends.
After drinking tho silerbet he stayed
ten minutes and then felt so i'll that hc
had to go. lie began vomiting, was
found on the road by q black, who
helped him home, swearing as ilo went
that he would be revengod. 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 cortiti-
cate, and, as police officer Of the dis
trict. reported death with suspicion
of foul play to Capt. Fenwick in his
mornings report, rs in duty bound,
under pain of dismissal. At once
Capt. Fcnwick's suspicious were
aroused. lie sent and arrested all
DersOns who MIGHT in any wav In M.