The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-23

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aoui and to the Tuaregs:
You people do not know the French
men. but we Chaambas know them and
know what they do. AS soon as one OF
them gets into a country he draws a
map of il, and after that an army VIII
come and take the towns III you want
the French to come and take your
country, you have only TO allow TINS
fellow to get into it."
The Tuaregs yielded to the persua-
sion of the Chaambas, and the death or
De Mores was agreed upon. That same
night three Chaambas-El Khrir Ben
Abdel Kader. his brother. the Sheikh
Ren Abdel Kader and Amor Ben Maa-
mar-slipped under the tent of the mar
ouis and succeeded in carrying away
a box in which they expected TO nnd
money. They broke ii open, but II
only contained papers, which they tore
into bits and threw away.
When in the morning De Mores found
that he had been robbed he suspected a
plot and determined to foil 1t by a rap
id retreat. He told his servants that
he did not have enough provisions Tor
the trip and that it would be necessary
to proceed to Sinaoun for a new supply.
A Targui took hold of the bride of the
mehari tina De Mores mounted and
started TO lead il. FL Khrir and two
Tuaregs marched at the right OF the
MARQUIS, while on his left were the
! Sheikh Ben Add ell Kader, brother or
FL Khrir. and two other Tuaregs. The
group soon took the lead of the rest OF
the column.
suddenly the Sheikh Ben Add ell Ka-
der and the two Tuaregs dashed upon
De Mores and took away his rine, which
was slung over his back. AT the same
moment Ell Khrir and his Tuaregs
seized the holster of the revolver, ana
in the struggle all fell to the ground
" UsAa LATHAM GtInnapdnd
in getting his revolver. At this mo-
ment a Targui named Yeda Ben Hena
attacked the marquis with a yatagan
and slightly wounded him in the fore
head. While still down De Mores fired
and shot one of his aggressors dead.
Rising, he MORALLY wounded two other
Tuaregs. Their he broke loose from the
circle of his assailants, after wounding
two more Tuaregs, and ran toward an
isolated tree upon the high ground
about 300 metres from the place of at
tack. Sheltering himself behind the
tree, he recharged his revolver and.
with one knee on the ground. awaited
the approach of the enemy. Ihe Iuar-
egs and the Chaambas lifted up their
dead and wounded nj h held a
council.
That Frenchman is a dead shot"
said the Tuaregs to the others, "and we
have no guns. You who have arms, go
and kill him."
III Hadi TAM. a Tunisian merchant,
tried to argue with the assassins, and
then ran to the side of De Mores. After
a few moments the Tuaregs and the
Chaambas advanced. FL Hadj TAM
wanted to run to meet them and argue
with them, but De Mores told him not
TO do so. The merchant disobeyed the
order and ran toward the assallants.
De Mores, thinking that he also was
betraying him, fired upon him as he ran
and sent a bullet into his back. The
man dropped upon the ground. The
bandits stopped and hesitated for a mo-
ment.
During this time Ell Khrir succeeded
in making a datour without being per-
ceived by De Mores. Advancing on his
hands and knees, he came up behind
hin, and at a distance of 10 metres fired
and wounded him in the neck. De
Mores never budged. and. as If he had
not been touched, remained upon one
knee. But FL Khrir. on approaching,
saw that the revolver was on the
ground. He bounced upon the weapon
seized it, and drawing a long poignard
from his belt, plunged II between the
shoulder blades of his victim with such
violence that the point came out at tht
abdomen. Then he cut the belt OF his
victim and secured $50 20-franc pieces
in gold. The other Tuaregs and Cham
bas seeing the Frenchman dead. ran uy
and divided his effects. Hama hey
: Shefkh struck with a yatagan the body
. of the marquis as II lay upon the sand
/. The chief of the Tuaregs, Bichenaoui
finished the wounded merchant, r
) Hadj TAM, with his sabre. Then al
/ returned toward the rest of the escort
Two of the Chaambas. Hama Ben Ious
SET and Salem Rojbain. advanced to-
ward Add ell Hac with the intention o
killing him. The latter ran toward T.
/, Khrir, saying to him: Save my life
I am a Mussulman like yourself" Sa'
|. lem Rojbain ceased to pursue him, bu
e Hama Ben Youssef shot him dead. Tn
4 booty was the divided.
The murderers have recently beer
0 run down and no doubt before this tim'
have all been executed.