The Dickinson press., 1898-09-17
The Plucky Frenchman
Who Once Lived at Medora, N. D., Where
He Put in An immense Beef S~iaughtering
Plant.
HOW DeMoREs WAS KILLED.

has obtained from n native tho n,r,;.rl,.s
the killing of tho Maron;s dc Mor,.e !, All, /.
few Years ago. Tho details of tho ,leatb IF IN.
Marcuis and his marty have noyar hoo, L,,,,,
up to this timo. but RECENTLY tho mur:Iorcrs wo,o
arrcstei and weto to hayo been execntcd RI.
cently. The native s,atos TINT deMo,oe on b;s
way to Tho interior of Africa. mot with n n,r.r
Toua,ers. or no,na,ls of the tle.crt md wos NOR.
shaded bv them to dismiss his native cu;do anil
ac,ept their escort. He allowed himself. IN ha
persuaded and was TO b. guided to I'll, cbiof IL
the tribe with whom lie wanted to consult. Rnt
tho Touarors fell in with nno,h.r marty of
Chaambas, and the doath of deMores v,s u,ot.
ted to gain his wealth. Continuing tho narra.
two the native saws:
The Touarees yielded to tho persuasion ~ tho
Chaambas, and the death Of deMoros wa.
agreed upon. That enmo n;uht three cho.mh..
Ell Khrir. Een AbJel Kador. his brotber Tho
Shcikh Ben Add cl Kadcr, and Amor Bon Maa.
mar, slipped under tho tent Of the MARQUIS and
succeeded in CARRYING away n box in which ,bov
expected to find money. They broke it omen,
but it only contained papers, which tho, tore
into bits and threw away.
When in the morning deMores found that liz
had been robbed no suspected a plot and deter.
mined to foil it by a rapid retreat. He told his
servants that he did not have enough provis;ona
for the trip and that it would be necessary tn
proceed to Sinaoun for n now supply. ATareui
took hold of the bridle Of the mehari that de-
Mores mounted and started to lead 1t. Ell Khrir
and two Touaregs marched at the right of tho
MARQUIS, while on the left were the Sheikh Ron
ADD 81 kader, blothero of Ell Khrir, and two 9th.
or Touarcss. The group soon took the lead If
the rest of tho column.
Suddenly the Sbeikh Ben Add 81 Kader md
the two Touaregs dashed upon deMores and
took away his rife, which was slunp over his
back. At the same moment Ell Khrir. and bis
Touarcgs seized tho holster of the revolver. and
in the struggle all fell to the ground With the
MARQUIS. The latter succeeded in ]uott;no his
revolver. At this moment a Tarpui nnmed Yoda
Ben Hena attacked the MARQUIS witt, a vataoan
and slightly wounded him in the forahcaa.
While still down deMo-e fired and shot ono ~
his aggressors dead, Rising. bo mortaliv
/ wounded two other Touareps- Tbon bo h,oro
loose from the circle of his assailants. altar
wounding two or more Touarees. and ran tn.
ward an isolatcd ,rce upon tho hioh ground
about 800 metres from tho place of attack. Shol.
teripg himself behind the tree. bc rocharoed b;a
revolver and, with one knee ON tho oronnd
/ awaited the approach of tho enemy. IN Ton.
aregs and Chaambas lifted up their dead and
| wounded and then held a council. Z
s'That Frenchman is a dead shot.n said tho
Touaregs to tho others, land we have no guns.
| You who have arms, go and kill him."
Ell Hadj TAM, a Tunisian merchant. tried 10
argue with the assassins, and then ran to tho
| side of deMores. After a few moments thu Ton.
aregs and the Chaambas advanced. II Had;
Tani 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 to-
ward tho assailants. DeMores, thinking hat
he was also betraying him, fred upon him as he
ran and sent a bullet into his back. The man
dropped upon the ground. Tho hond;ta saton,,n..i
and hesitated for a moment.
During this time ElKhrir succeeded in mag
ino a detour without bo;no norco;v %, r., aa,lu...t