The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-31
IN THs MOSQUE or THE DOVE.
Duanns 90 I'm Assault sn American Tour,.,.
Do IN AnEhan DissurOed aa Prayer,

Dssnns sS IN Assault On American Tour,u,.
DO IN Afghan Dlstur0ed at Prayer,
To TEE RDETon oP Tnn suN-Sg. On
wednesday. March .. 1910. As about Oolock
IN tho afternoon. some Americana % IL
Clark cruise. about 100 In nGmbsr, usrs
! viniting the diRersne parts Of the Mosque AZ
Omar IN small gr0upa. accomplished ~ Ia
consular guards and policemen. some ven.
| In the Mosque n Aka and solomOns ssa-
blss. and others we're In the Mosque Of the
Dome.
TAoss In ne Mosque Of the Dome yer,
entering the cave under the sacred rock Of
the mosque while an Afghan was praying
there. He obJScted % the presence Of he
tourists. One Of tho natives told him TO 90
out To make room for the visitors. but be re-
fused % lsavo. and insulted them. n ytns
-Infldels. lnndelSi They denlO the place.
The Afghan then took hls revolver nr~d
three shoes &C The party Of tourists. dAAhsd
out 0f the entrance. turned around and ared
two shOts. emDtytng his revolver.
Tie was attempting TO reload "a when one
Of tho guards % the American Consulate
who with the policeman was sta ding 81 a
little dista nee. Ia wing heard tho explosions,
overpOwersd the Afghan and took his re-
volvar from him. He had four cartrid xes 10
his hand 10 replace thoso he had discharged.
He was arrested Immediately and impris-
onsd By the authorities.
Two American women were wounded
One Of the ladies'. Mia Parker Moore. from
| The butler 9rassd the pupil Of her eye and
bruised the top OF her nose; a second bullet
m: ssS q % bel he 's sSsp
ere Hslns neCsssary. The ether victim.
IL, T., received Only . nesh wound in the
left thigh she was taken TO the English
hosptiaI for tTsatmsnt; NeitSsr Of them
very able doctors vii care Tor them Ms
IN 1 sSs ssiiiH sS q the sTus S o. Mach
Thom4s 2: Wallace, IN. Consul, cent he
hospitals With tho Judge of instruotion % the
local EOvernment and the police TO ascertain
were IN q condition TO make = st4ismsat
when they came back from the hospitals
they went % The court, Mr, oslai repre-
sui Questioned the guilty Afghan upon his
| action. he being put upon his preliminary
IN answer TO the. questions he sid Ais
that he came from kabul. AfghAnistan,
come TO Jana about fiys months Sso.. Hs
was employed 40 watchman nc one Of the
sseTS an % Tor March H nee,
foot and came. back on Wednesday noon a
isss,d having ared hTs, sbOts ard ssd sen
one lady tai down he ssid hs nrsd he
prayer and he was not able to continps "a
The authorities took Into custody all the
Afxhans found ~ the city. h., y was harmed
cord and that no one else is involved in the
affair. The other Afghans we're sss .fres
On sa from is seS Country tsa' they WI b
Al the people Of Jerusalem. Mo~isms.
!sS: and tsris, z . Ssr. md En.S, .s .:
came 20 the American consnl 20 cypress
their syppathy; Tie bsa,itSde the orest
Two other disnlta Res ~ his representa- dives
TO empress their sincere sorrow that harm
had befallen abs, Americans IN the holy city
Of fresh bowers clipped from his EsTdsns.
with his BLESSINGS, g Be "snS e ths wonaded
The CustodiSn o. the Holy Land, Who
h the head Of the Latin Franciscan Order.
he regret ~ the incident and Sympafny
STsh.h the Se Ma1 SaS s ns *. SuSe Is
Council Of Jerusalem sent . written state
ment on behalf Of the people Of jerusalem
dstestatiOn Of the crime and Offering their
AtSornsy General came personally 20 the
Consul to express HIS sympathy with him
| and promised that the guilty man should
receive tho severesf punishment under tho
law. The Chief Military Commander, nov
acting Governor 81 Jerusalem. the Mayor
and two representative Of the COMMITTEES
OF Union and Progress called on Mr.. Wallace
on Friday afternoon IN express their sym
pathy and asked him 70 accompany them
20 visit Miss Moore and Miss Maurice IN
the hospitals, taking with them two bou-
quets to each. ore from tho acting Gov
ernor and the other from the COMMITTEES
Mr Wallace csbIed at once to the Depart
ment of State giving report 81 tho tnot-
dent in order that no false reports should
be circulated and that the families and
friends Of he s0O Americans now In Jeru-
salem might not he unduly alarmed
The morning after the affair thoae who
had not visited the Mosque Of Omar were
disinclined through fear TO make the trip
They were treasured. however. and went
10 the mosque accompanied by the guards
Of the American Consulate. while the local
authorities tTebled the number Of police
men and soldiers duty for their pro-
lection The Interpreter Of the Consulate
sent by the Consul with some Of the
parties to see that every care had been
taken lie vas able to report TO Mr. Wallace
perfect peace and qptetness AZ the mosque.
and the tourists W era bic TO SEQ the mosque
a. " nothing had happened. r.. 7 q.
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