Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-30

translated into Arabic and sent by
special conveyance TO all the notable
sheiks of the province where the mas
sacre occurred:
In behalf OF the INDUSTRIOUS, distin-
guished and noble lady the Marchieness
OF Mores, wife Of the deceased object
Of Gods pity. the Marquis Of hores,
who was betrayed and murdered az El
Quata. In the country OF Ghadanes,
salutations, penitence and benedieuon
OF God
LET II herewith be known 10 all
faithful ones that | place myself In the
hands OF God and Of you because
know you to be manly energetic ana
courageous ! appeal to YOU to help me
aycngc the death Of my husband ny
Furnishing his assassins. | am woman.
Vengeance cannot be- Wreaked. by my
own hand For this reason 4 Inform
you and swear TO you by the one Az
might God that 20 whatsoever shaQ
capture and deliver TO the authorities
at El-Oued, at Ouargla or at El-Goleah
one Of my husbands assassins / VIII
give 1000 dourOs $500, 1000 douros tor
two assassIns. 5000 d0uros for three as
sassins As TO the principal assasslns
Bechaoui and Sheik Ben Abdel kades
win give 1000 dOuros for each OF them.
And now, understand make yourselves
ready and may God give YOU success.
with salutatIons
"MARQuIsE DE MORES.'
Money and American resolution. with
the constant and indefatIguble urging
of the little woman caused the Arabs
to do good work In June, 1898. Sidl-
Mohammed- Taiebhen. BrahIm, Naib OF
the kadrya of Ouargla delivered up to
the Marqulso de Morcs three OF the
principal assassns. tied hand and foot.
The story Of the tragedy as described
/ Is like a page from the Arabian
Nights" Nores sold bis life dearly
and fought with desperation. shooting
| the assassins down like sheep before he
4 was finally slain.
THREW LIGHT ON TREACHERY
The narrative said that, after starting
| on his camels on the morning Of June 5,
| De Mores was surrounded by the men
| who had resolved TO I'M him They
| were mile in advance, when suddenly
! two of the men threw themselves on
the marquis and seized his rife.
At the same instant three others
! grabbed at his revolver, and In The
| struggle De Morce and his six assail-
ants fell from the camels to the ground.
| He succeeded in drawing his revolver,
but before he could fire was siashed
over the head with a kalfe In spite
Of his wound, he shot hls assallant Cead
I and rose to his feet and shot two oth-
ers, who soon died
Then. by supreme effort, the dying
man broke through the circle OF Arabs
and shot two others, With great ef-
fort he reached a tree 40 rods away, re-
loaded his revolver, and, crouohing up
on his knees. frontier style awaited
further assaults.
The assassins took council, said they
could not Kill the sharp-shootng Chris
tan because they had no guns, and
they detailed comrades who were armed
TO see II the marquis had much ammu'
milton. BY strategy and brute force the
assassins closed round the wounded
man, but not until he had shot another
one through the kidneys
Meanwhile El-Kehlr crawled within
four yards Of DE Mores unnoticed and
shot him in the neck, stabbng him in
the back with long dagger as he fell,
The assassin then kicked the body, cut
open the belt and appropriated $50 gold
pieces. He also stole the wonderful re-
volver that had done so much In re-
ducing the Arab population. The per-
sonal effects OF the Marqus-hls watch,
seals, rings, etc.-were divided among
the outlaws. All these facts and more
were duly substantiated, and are a part
Of the indictment in the trial of the as
/ sasslns
An extraordinary feature Of this afro
city, and bearing out Marquise de
Mores' claim that her husband was as
sassinated at the instlgation OF French
officers IL that the natives said ,hey
were informed at the outset that they
would not be molested II the wealthy
marquis met his fate at their hands.
The assassins were well armed and
were feared. So II was resolved TO use
diplomacy In their capture. With cav
airy escort In the background, they
were greeted with friendship and were
saluted, each receiving a cup Of coffee
This was the signal for seizure by the
cavalrymen, who fell upon them aud
garroted them into submission. The
expedition sent out 20 capture the as
sassins consumed 81 hours.
1t is admitted that but for the Insist
pnce and intelligent prosecution Of hei
| search for the murderers Of her hus'
band by the Marquise de Mores they
| would never have been captured.