Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-04
MOORISH BRUTES.
HORRIBLE PUNISHMENT FOR MI
NOE CRIMES IN TANGIER.
From the Boston Herald,

NOE CRIMES IN TANGIER.
From the Boston Herald.
The following story, related by
an Englishman, who was an eye
witness of the events, is a horri'
ble illustration at once of this fatal
ism and of the absolute reverence
in which the Sultan's decree is held.
An Engllshwan resident in Tangier
seeking one morning to leave the
town by one Of the gates, found
the gate closed and large crowd
assembled before IT, He also saw
mum ter Of soldiers. and IN their
midst a couple of prisoners with
their arms bound to their sides
One was a tall IN Onntaineer from
the Riff; the other, a tall and
handsome young fellow, a native of
Tangier. He asked what crime
these men had committed.
"The Sultan" was the answer
"May God prolOn g bis days has
ordered their heads to be struck OIL
because they have been engaged in
smu ggling on the Riff coast"
sit is a very severe punishment"
urged the EnglIshman.
"Do not argue with me, Naza.
reue," said the officer, 81 have re-
ceived my orders, and must obey"
The execution was to take place
in the Jewish slaughter house. A
Moor, repulsiye in appearance and
dressed as a butcher, was there,
awaiting the condemned. Ii s
weapon was a small knife, with a
blade some six inches long. lie
was stranger, and had offered bis
services because all the Mohamme.
dan butchers of rangier had taken
refuge in a sanctuary. A heated
discussion arose between tn is
wretch and the officer in charge as
to the blood money he was to re.
celve for the job. The two victims
stood by and listened. The butcher
demanded 20f. a head. The officer
finally agreed, though with i'll
grace. Then the butcher seized
the RiffiaD, threw HIM on the
ground, aDd kDelt on his chest.
The EDgllshman turned away his
head. He heard sounds OF a horri'
bic struggle, in the midst Of which
a hoarse voice cried: "Give me
another knife, mine does not CUT
another knife was brought, and
the head hewn from the body. The
soldiers cried, family: "God pro-
long the life of our lord and mas
teri
Then came the second victim. He
had watched the operation. Again
they wrangled over his blood; the
officer refused to remember b / S
promise, and SAID he would only
give 20f. for both heads. The
butcher accepted. The prisoner
begged that his hands might be
unbound. lie gave his cloak TO
one soldier, saying, ave shall
meet in the next world" lie
threw his turban to another. lie
cried in q clear voice, "There is no
God but Allah, and Mohammed is
his prophet and, taking OIL his
belt gave il to the butcher, saying,
"Take it, and, for the love of God,
deal more quickly with me than
with my DrOther.' Then nc
stretched himself on the earth in
the blood and the executioner Knelt
on him.
ga reprieye.-stopw cried the
Engllshman. A horseman galloped
toward them. The butcher held
his knife.
SIT is only the go yernOPs son.
said q soldier, "come to see the
execution wait for him."
They waited. This incident oc'
Cured some years ago, but since
then neither the customs nor the
character nor the metnOuS OI du
ministering the law of the Moors
have undergone any change. No
change, indeed, is possible so long
as the country Is governed by the
Shereefs, and so long as Morocco
remains in the hands Of the Moors
no other form of government is
possible, aud no attempt can be
made, with any hope OF success, to
arrest the decadence of a people
who, from being foremost among
the pioneers of civilization in the
past, have now sunk into a state o!