Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-09-16

took the lead Of the rest Of the
column. n
Suddenly the Sheikh Ben Add
|el Kader and the two Touaregs
dashed upon deMores and took
away his rifle, which was slung
over his back. AT the same
moment FL Khrir and his Tou-
taregs seized the holster Of the re-
volver, and insthe struggle all fell
to the ground with the Marquis.
The latter succeeded in getting
his revolver. At this moment a
|Targui named Yeda Ben Hena
attacked the Marquis with a
|yatagan and slightly wounded
him in the forehead. While still
down deMores fred and shot one
Of his aggressors dead. Rising,
he mortality wounded two other
Touaregs. Then he broke loose
from the circle of his assailants,
after wounding two more Tou-
aregs, and ran toward an isolated.
tree upon the high ground, about
800 metres from the place Of at
tack. Sheltering himself behind
the tree, he recharged his re-
volver and, with one knee IN the
ground, awaited the approach Of
the enemy. The Touaregs and
|Chaambas lifted UP their dead
and wounded and then held a
council.
"That Frenchman is a dead
shot," said the Touaregs to the
Others, s'and we have no guns.
You who have arms, go and kill
him."
FL Hadi Tani, a Tunisian
merchant, tried to argue with the
assassins, and then AN to the
side Of deMores. After a few
moments the Touaregs and the
Chaambas advanced. Ell Hadj
TAM wanted to run to meet them
and argue with them, but deMores
told him not to do so. The
merchant disobeyed the order and
ran toward the assailants. De
Mores, thinking that he was also
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 moment.
During this time ElsKhrir sue.
ceeded in making a detour with.
out being perceived by deMores.
Advancing on his hands and
knees he came up behind him, and
at a distance of ten metres fired
and wounded him in the neck,
DeMores never budged, and, as il
he had not been touched, re
manned upon one knee. But E
Khrir, on approaching, saw thai
the revolver was on the ground,
He pounced upon the weapon
seized it, and, drawing a long
poignard from his belt, plunged
it between the shoulder blades o.
his victim with such violence
that the. point came out at thu
abdomen. Then he cut the bel
of his victim and secured 100 20
franc pieces in gold. The othel
Touaregs and Chaambas, seeing
the Frenchman dead, ran up ant
divided his effects. Hama be,
lSheikh struck with yatagan tn,
body of the Marquis as it la,
upon the sand.
The chief of the Touaregs
Bichenanui, finished the wounded
merchant, FL Hadj TAM, with hi,
sabre. Then all returned to til,
rest Of the. escort. Two of tn,
Chaambas, Hama Ben Yousse
and Salem Rojbain, advanced
toward Add Ell Hac with the in
tention of killing him. The lat
ter ran toward Ell Khrir, saying
to him: "Save mylife! / am !;
Mussulman like yourself" Salen
Rojbair1 ceased to pursue him, blu
Hama Ben Youssef shoth him dead
The booty was then divided.
The murderers have recent,
been run down and no doubt be
fore this time. have all been ex
ecuted. it
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