Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
Sailed TO DEATH"
Horrible Torture Invented by the Sui
tan of Morocco and Used On
His Victims.

His Victims.
The Sultan of Morocco resembles
the Sultan of Turkey in the cruelty OF
his fortunes and the autocratic way
he rules and Furnishes his helpless sub
jects. He has just gone off on a tax
raid, and the whole country
is in fear. To offend him, to refuse to
over the tax money, is to SUI
fer merciless punishment, ending IN
death.
The newest of the punishments is
"salting to DEATH and it is described
in the following letter from travellers,
who wrote under Tangier date, Dec
Is, giving their experiences at Fec:
.sOn the eve before u departure
the Kadi had invited us to witness the
sultan's terrible justice of marauders.
"sTell thy friends when thou re-
turnest that His Majesty is most anx-
ious to protect travelers'-this was
the message he sent-'and to prove
his sincerity has invented a new
punishment to brighten ALL As in
quiry on my part developed the in
formation that no blood would be shed
at this performance for our benefit, |
did not hesitate to follow the sum-
mons.
"When our little cavalcade arrived
in the court of justice, a wide square,
surrounded by prison walls, the Kadi,
as if he had been waiting for u.s., pass
ed sentence on a dozen picturesque
r~ascals, who were Immediately con-
Quoted into the centre of the palace
and bound to iron pillars about five
feet high and furnished with rings and
chains.
ssNow the music struck up a fam
fare, the kettle drums sounded a slow
tattoo, and from the Enclosure behind
the Judges bench issued a horseman
in white burnous, partly concealing a
scarlet gown, ringing with golden
bells, embroidered with lace and
fiounced with feathers. Between his
teeth he held a glittering knife. He
is His Majesty's own barber said my
dragoman. But what had he to do
with the administration of justice?
eve should see quick enough. The
imperial figaro vas followed by two
slaves carrying bags and two others
with baskets containing raw hide,
needle and Irvine. The barber gallop-
ed gracefully to the spot where the
prisoners stood trembling, jumped of
his proud steed, threw bis burnous
and turban on the ground and rolled
up his sleeves. Upon a sign from him
an interpreter walked over to lit
tie group and invited us to come near
er. My dragoman gleefully respond
ed to the summons, but / turned my
horses head to the wall, SO frignten-
+ ed l was by the proceedings. My
guide gave a description of what hap
, pened at the place of execution.
!, "The barber with his terrible knife
{ cut four slices of flesh from eacf
hand of the criminals, cutting down t.
the bone. The cavity thus made h
filed with salt from the bags, stucl
! the fingers into the holes and thel
. bound them up tightly in raw hide
After that both arms were chained be
, tween bars of iron so that it was i'm
possible for the prisoner to bring
. them together. Irons also pu
4 to the feet, and thus equipped the.
were driven to a dungeon there to 70
and die under the most excruciatin:
pains.
, "rWe have tried it on a horse, VIII,
, had thrown the Sultan said the bar
! Der to my guide; che lived three days
and his agonies were most satisfac
o tory These robbers are expected t
p enjoy the ration of salt five to 81
, days, getting plenty of food but n
q drink during that time.
"My heart bleeds and my pen trem
~ bles while 1 indict these lines. Wa
= there ever anything more horrible in
h vented? Has the reign of terror j
a Armenia produced anything to equs
y this mode of infiicting torture upon
fellow being, be he ever so guilty?
"Twelve hours later, as stated, W
entered upon our flight from Fee, on
V way leading past the deserted camp
the inmates of which-20, 900 pickle
le cut-throats in all sorts of warlike al
ray-stood ready to attend upon the
imperial master. There we had oe
caslon to observe specimens of all til
many Arab types, some dark, almo.
. black, with immense lions name
l. around their faces and upon the.
Is shoulders; others white, 1.-the, vel
formed and dark-eyed, not unlik
women with their white wells. Again
b mighty negroes, ex-slaves, we WEI
j. told, and especially feared for the:
a brutality and prowess-Ahl Bedoo
ALL Hadrs and Koreyshs-who know
" their names; who car count the
tribes? All1ooked the very picture
it brigands, cruel, untamed, bloot
thirsty"