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Show t WIFE OF SULTAN I OF TANGIER IS t HORRIBLY TORTURED i i- , 3 I- Special Cablo to The Tribune. 4 v TANGIRR. Aug. G. Sufficient time ! i- having elapsed for precautions to be 4 I- taken for tho security of the tor- 4 turcd wife of Ben Alssa. it is pos-; pos-; slble to glvo a few details of her 4- condition on the day of her ex- 4 -J. amlnatlon six weeks after tho lor- 4 turo had been indicted. Her right shoulder was dislocated, possibly y- also broken, and much swollen cans- r J. Ing Intense pnln. Her rignt arm was 4 almost useless, and the hand Is nor- ! 4 manontly closed. Pier forearms bore 4 'r unhealed wounds and healed scars, J evidently caused by chains or ropes. J. Her legs and foot were scarred. In I- tho opinion of those who examined 4-4- her and of the doctors acquainted 4-with 4-with Moorish methods, she suffered 4-4 4-4 the following tortures: 4 4 First, her right hand was sown 4-4 4-4 up In a damp raw hide which, by 4 4 contracting, causes intense agony 4. 4- and leaves tho hand crushed and v 4 useless. Secondly, she has been 4 4 suspended by ropes or chains at-4 at-4 tached to her forearms and wrists 4-4- in such a manner as to cause the 4 4. wholo weight to be borne by tho 4 arms. Any jerk on tho ropes would ; 4- bo sufficient to cause tho Injury 4 the shoulder and the deep cuts in the 4-4 4-4 flesh of tho forearms. 4. Miss Mcllett and Miss Donlson, 4. 4- two ladles of the For Medical mis- r 4 slon, accompanied by Madame Mu- ! 4 rat. the wifo of the French doctor 4 4 of Fez, made tho examination. The 4 4 sultan undoubtedly imagined that 4 4. these ladies would bo satisfied with 4 r a verbal examination of the woman v '? who, of course, had been prompted 4-4 4-4 and menaced, but In spite of oppo- 4 4 sltlon thoy succeeded in medically 4. 4 examining hor, with tho results 4-4 4-4 given. 4 4 4 |