Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-22
TORTURE EXPERT
Morocco Ruler Throws Victims
to the Lions When Con-
suls Protest.
WOMAN VICTIM A MONTH
Mother of Former Governor of Fee
Hanged by Chains to Tear Flesh
From Her Arms.

The question is being asked In Eu-
rope. and asked with more and more
insistence. how long is the brute who
is now the ruler of Morocco to be al
lowed to torture and kill his subjects!
To read the well authenticated re-
ports of atrocities perpetrated by this
man makes many shudder and wonder
whether it can really be true that Mo
rocco is only a few hours distance
from some of the most celebrated cit
les of Europe. Fresh instances are
continually being brought to light of
Mulai Hafid's cruelty.
AS is well known. the moment he OBJ
tanned the throne he began to mutilate
and torture his prisoners, his proceed
ings being so abominable that the con-
suls of the powers at Fee drew up q
collective protest and demanded that
in future all punishments involving
mutilation or lingering death should
cease.
Threw Him to Lions.
Mulai Hafd's reply was the putting
to death by throwing to lions OF one
of his prisoners, the pretender, Ell
Roghi, who for weeks previously had
been subjected to torture. physical and
mental, one of the methods of torture
devised by the sultan being the exhibit
ton of his captive cramped up in an
iron cage. which was drawn through
the streets.
But this was only beginning. Story
after story Of torture, mutilation and
Mnrnnpn Ono Of
the latest of them is in regard to rela-
tives of Ben Aiss2. the late governor
of Fee. who himself. having incurred
the sultan'S anger. or. rather, being an
object of his cupidity, for the purpose
Of the proceedings was to disclose hid
den treasure supposed TO be in Ben
Aissa's possession, was tortured to
death.
The mother of Ben Aissa's wife was
then tortured, and recently she was
discovered. just alive. after upward
of six weeks in close confinement in
dark cell in heavy letters.
Ben Aissa's wife is believed to have
undergone Il month of tortures. Per
sons acquainted with Moorish customs
have been able to gather from her con-
dition what she has undergone. First
they say, her right hand was sewed up
in a damp rawhide. which. by contract
ing. crushed the hand and rendered il
useless. Then she was hung up by
ropes or chains fastened to her fore
arms and wrists. which had to bear
her whole weight. the strain cutting
deeply into the flesh. and her legs and
feet were at the same time chained.
Women Expose CrueIties.
Attempts were undoubtedly made to
conceal these cruelties. and the credit
of exposing them is due to the peril
nacity of the two women of the Fee
medical mission. Miss Mellett and Miss
Denison, who would not be put off
until they had made a medical exam
nation; also to the efforts of Nine.
Murat, the wife of n French doctor.
and of Mr. Macleod, the British consul
at Fee.
Six weeks after the tortures were in
flicted the wretched woman's right
shoulder was dislocated. possibly bro
ken, and much swollen, causing intense
pain. Her right arm hung almost use
less, and the hand was apparently per
manently closed. 1t showed scars and
unhealed wOunds-the effect OF chains
or ropes-and her legs and feet were
also SCARED.