New-York tribune., 1902-07-20


to Paris. and the funeral ceremony. which took
place at Notre Dame on July 49, 1896 was made
the occasion of a Nationalist demonstration and
speeches were delivered at Montmartre Gem
etery by Maurice Barres. Edouard Drumont,
Marcel Habert and Jules Guerin. An officer
delivered an address in behalf of the army. and
Bernard Roux spoke in the name of the butcher
boys of La Villette.
MARQUISE'S DETERMINED EFFORTS.
The Marquise de Mores has devoted herself to
the task of avenging her husbands death. Her
first thought to appeal to American cow
boys. but she afterward abandoned this plan as
likely to lead to international complications.
Meanwhile, the Comte de Dion and Jules Guerin
offered to organize expeditions but she finally
decided that it was better to trust to the skill
and experience of the Arab chiefs She then
wrote letter, which was translated into Arabic
and sent by special messenger to all the notable
sheiks. This letter follows:
noble lady, the Marchioness of Mores, wife OF the
deceased object Of Gods pity the Marquis OF Mores
the country of Ghadames. salutauons. PenlIence
o to all fithfu ones that T place myself in the
hands of God and of you. because l know you to be
TO help me avenge the Death of my husband by
c5nnGt mos b reaked bv nv own hand For
this reason | inform you. and swear to you by the
one AIiHlSHIy bOU tHdt 10 "IOSotNcl NelPtui
and deliver to the authorities at El-Oued. at
ouarga, or at El-Goleah one Of on my d1 husbands
for two assassins. 5000 douros for three assassns
ben-Abd-eI Kader I will give 2,OOO douros for each
OF them And now understand. make yourselves
tions MARQUISE DE MOREs.
In June. 1898. sidi- -Mohammed- -TaIeb- ben
Brahim. NaIb OF the kadrya OF Ouargla. deliv
cred UP the Marquise de Mores three of the
principal assassins tied hand and foot. The
narrative Of the NaIb reads like page from
the Arabian Nights" and is referred to by NJ.
Maurice Barres "a mission across the desert
perilous and adventurous that of Ulysses
over the seas According 20 the journal of the
NaIb. which contains the dispositions of the
assassins Mores sold his life dearly.
FOUGHT OFF HIS AssAILANTs
AS soon as Mores started on his camel from
El-Ouatia the morning OF June s. 1896. Ell
Kheir. Bechaoui and another Touareg rode at
his left. while the Sheik- ben-A bd-el-Kader and
two other Chaamba placed themselves his
right They were about mile in advance of
the rest OF the expedition when suddenly the
Shek- -ben-Abd-e -el-Kader and the two ChAamba
threw themselves upon the marquis and seized
his Winchester rife. which was swung across
his shoulders. At the same moment El-Kheir
and the two Touaregs grabbed his revolver and
the marquis and his six assailants fell from
their camels 10 the ground. The marquis sue
ceeded in drawing his revolver from it's case
but before he could fire Yedda- ben Henna
slashed him over the forehead with his yatagan.
The marquis. I'm spite OF his wound. managed TO
shoot Yedda- Henna. who fell dead. Then the
marquis rose and shot two other Touaregs.
mortally wounding them-one died three DAYS
afterward and the other died seventeen DAYS
afterward, at Ghadames Ry a supreme effort
the marquis broke through the circle of Arabs
that surrounded him. and shot two other
Touaregs. wounding them severely He then
found shelter under a tree forty yards distant
and. reoading his revolver crouched upon his
knees, awaited further developments The
Touaregs and Chaamba remained for while
caring for their dead and wounded
At last the Touaregs said 10 the Chaamba:
That Christian shoots WELL We can't kill him
because We have no firearms. but YOU have
guns go and dispatch him yourselves If you
ike The other Touaregs had joined their COM
rades at the first shot, while the rest OF the
escort halted in fear half mile away. The
Touaregs and the Chaamba sent El-Hadj-AH to
hnd out whether the marquis had any more
cartridges for his revolver. El-Hadj-AH went
to Mores as IL to make terms with HIM He
then tried to return to the Touaregs but the
marquis seized him by the arm and forced him
10 remain beside him. As soon as the MARQUIS
turned his head to watch the Touaregs Hadt-
Ali sprang away like gazeIle but Mores shot
hlm with his revolver. The ball passed through
Hadj-Alfs Kidneys and he fell dead
Meanwhile Ell -Kheir succeeded in crawlins
unobserved to within four yards of Mores. and.
standing behind him. shot the marquis in the
naPe of the neck. and, jumping forward sta bbed
him in the back with q very long dagger which
penetrated to the abdomen. El-Kheir then
kicked the body. and. cutting open the broad
leather cowboy belt i'm which Mores carried mis-
money. found $50 gold pieces. which he forth
with appropriated. El-Kheir also took as a
keepsake Mores's empty revolver, that had done
such excellent service The personal effects of
the mdrquis-watch. rings. etc.--were divided
among the other assassns. Then HANNA ben
Cheik walked up TO the body of Mores upon the
right arm of which he inflicted three deem cuts
with his yatagan This circumstantial nara
tive of the murder of Mores is supplied nv the
depostions of eyewitnesses taken hy the NsYb
during his expedition to the Chaamba country
in 1888 and constitutes the Indictment in the
trial set for July n.
IMMUNITY PROMISED ASSASSINs
The NaIb also declared that the assassins as
sured him that al the very outset of the NIoras
expedition they had been informed by the au-
thorities that they would not be molested II
the rich marquis should meet his death bv their
hands" The NaTb. who possessed great political
and religious influence In the country per
suaded party of eight Chaamba. among whom
were the three avowec assassins of Mores-EI-
Kheir. his brother Hamma-ben- -Yousef ,rs
Cheik-to accompany him into
runisian territory. At the French station OF
MT "A n hon Ma