The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-21
TIED TO A HORSES HEELS.
THREE zRIRs AT THE FAM Exc
CUTE VENGEANCE ON ANOTHER.
A Scheme OF Cruelty tina. Resulted in .
Fierce Fight, In which Sabre. and BaJ O.
rets " ere Used-fhe Horse. wild FILI'st.

A Scheme OF Cruelty tina: Resulted In .
Fierce Fight, in which sabre. and BaJ O.
rets Were Used-F he Horse. wild FILE's t.
CHICAGO. Aug 20 As q result OF wild n light
| In the Wild East Show Enclosure IN MID way
Flaisance this morning four Bedouins were
severely hurt. and three OF them are In the
woodlawn police station. The name OF only
one OF the injured is known. because the man
ayers OF the show refuse 20 give inform alton
concerning the fight. This one man is Has
tab Abahd.
He swore out the warrant against the pris-
ouers. Rashai Ago. Mastaph Aha Ha!a. and
Msstarh Fl Elabras. When Abahd sprea red
ct the police station his head was swathed in
! bandages He declared that ths three men had
assaulted him without cause. and had used
lances and swords Oh him.
Just before sunrise the three prisoners stole
from their beds and taking one Of the horses
arranged on II a harness. with a long rope
dangling behind. Then they went to the tent
in which Hastab Abahd slumbered. They
bound and gagged him. One OF the thongs
was passed under hts shoulders. forming q
loop at the end. Through this loop the rope
was passed and securely fastened Then the
horse was dashed into q race about the en-
closure
Around and around dashed the horse. drag
gine Abahd behind him. With the first leap
OF the horse one Of his hoofs struck Abahd's
head. making a fracture on the skull three
inches long. Every time the horse came near
the avensing trio he was dashed. and he con-
ttnued to dash around the ring.
The uproar aroused the sleeping camp. and
soon the place was filed with the cries Of the
dusky men and women The attention OF the
surrounding villages was attracted. and soon
the fence top was lined with Laplarders. Chi
nese. Dahomeyan,. AlSerianA Viennese. and
Americans. Two turbaned men rushed to the
assistance OF Abahd. but the three Bedouins
| beat them back with sword and lance The
spectators filed the air with terrible yells.
Then from the tents rushed dozen brave
men Half o. them were armed with swords
and bayoueted carbines. and they descended
upon the avengers with yell that awakened
three sleeping guards at the west end of the
street.
Afsht followed. in which sabres were freely
| used and with bloody effect. The trio made a
| bold stand. but were beaten into subsection.
Rashad Ago received wound In the side.
Blood was seen 90 the faces OF three other
III sn after quiet had been restored.
While this fight was in progress the fright
ened horse had been captured and the victim
released He Was carried into his tent I'M
conscious but doctor brought him around
| Trouble has been brewing in the Bedouin
camp ever since il got place on the Midway.
7 he men say that the n MANAGEMENT has paid
them o salaries for several weeks.
Three days ago five q them appeared before
Direetor-General Davis and complained that
/ because they demanded their wages they
were kicked out o. the show. The three men
who penetrated the outrage on Hastab
Abahd were sympethizers with their eIiled
| brothers. and had been threatened with exile.
For this threat they held the victim Of to-day 5
! torture responsible
( Another fght TOOK place in the Wild East
/ Show after 3 o'clock tonight The mbulance
! was called FOR. and the doctor dressed the
! wounds ottvo men. One was slashed across
/ the cheek to the lone. The other had con-
| fused Jaw.
| The first had been cut BY 4 sabre and the
| second By some blunt instrument None Of the
Bedouins would give Information. Colum-
bian guard. who rushed In to maintain order
said that 20 less than I've men and three
| women took hand IN the scrim mage. ard tina,
swords and clubs were freely used.
| An EsGulmauI baby was drowned In the
village at the Fair to-day b. falling overheard
! il the little lake from! canoe.
" l. buchanan. Chief OF the Live Stock De-
partment az the Fair, announces that the
Worlds Columb ian Exposition dog show has
been abandoned. The American Eenne! Club
/ had advertised = shoE IN the East for the sam
/ dates. and il vas 'earsd that many o. the best
! dogs in the eountry would not be entered