Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-21
SAVAGE REVENGE.
Taken by Worlds Fair Arabs
on a Compatriot.
MIDWAY PLAIsANCE IN A FURORE

An Alleged Enemy Tied to a Horse in the
Arab Encampment and Dragged Around
the Enclosure Until Rescued-Brutal
Outbreak in Ohio Feud in Which a
Justice of the Peace Is InvoIved-Triple
Tragedy at Chicago.
CHICAGO. Aug. 21.-As a result of wild
fight in the Wild East show inclosure in
Midway Plaisance four Bedouins were
more or less severely hurt and three of
the sons of the desert langush in Wood
lawn police station. The name of but one
OF the injured is known, the management
OF the show refusing to give any informa-
tlon concerning the fracas. This is Hastab
Abahd, and he il was who swore out the
warrants against the prisoners, Rashad
Ago, Mustapha Aba Ealal and Mustapha Ell
Elabras One of the concessionaires on
Midway whose word can be relied upon
and who claims to have been an eye wit
ness TO the battle, tells story of remark
able interest. Here it is:
Treated Something Like Mazepps.
just before sunrise this morning the
three men now lying behind the bars stole
from their beds, and taking ont one of the
horses xed upon it a sort OF harness with
long rope dangling behind. Then they
went 10 the tent in which IIastab Abahd
sumbered. They pounced upon him and
before he was fairly awake had bound
and gagged him. One Of the thongs was
passed under his shoulders, forming a
loop at the end. Through this the rope
was passed and securely fastened. Then
the animal was lashed into mad race
about the inclosure. Around and around
flew the desert courser dr. ECing the un-
fortunate Abahd over the soft earth.
The Sleeping Camp Aroused.
ut was fearful torture With the
first Lap Of the animal one of its hoofs
strucl: the victims head, laying the skull
| bare Tor thee inches. Every time the
horse came near the aveGCinC trio he WIS
numerically lashed until he few about
the ringIwth the speed of the wind The
| uproar aroused the sleeping camp and soon
! the place was filled with the cries of the
dusky men and women Two trrbaned
| men rushed 10 the assistance of the flying
Abahd, but the three BedoGins responsible
| for the outrage beat them back with sword
and lance while the spectators filed the
morning air with riot OF wells.
Bold Band TO the Rescue.
There was monetary lull in the hostili-
| ties between the sons of the desert, the
! frightened animal with its bleeding bur
den still tearing about the enclosure: ther
| from the tents rushed a dozen Arabs, half
| of them armed with swords and bayonet-
| ted carbines and they descended upon the
avengers with a yell that awakened the
people outside of the fair grounds. A
pretty fight followed, in which sabres
were freely used with bloody effect The
trio made a bold stand but were beaten
! into subsection before many minutes
1 Trouble has been brewing in the Beduoin
camp ever since it was given position on
Midway The men say that the manage
ment has paid them no salary for weeks
Cause of the Difficulty.
''Three or four days ago five of the
| Bedouins appeared before Director Gen
eral Davis and complained that because
| they demanded their wages from the man
ayers they were kicked out of the show.
The three men who perpetrated the out
rage on Hastab Abahd were sympathizers
with their exiled brothers and had been
| threatened with similar punishment if
they did not cease complaining. For this
threat they held the victim of this latter
torture responsible. They grew desperate
at last and determined to get even some.
| where -