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Show - . JUSTICE HT MOIIOCCO! From the London Times. Describing the arrest and execution of the Moorish fanatic who murdered Dr. Sooper, a British missionary in Fes, on ctober 17th, a correspondent says: "Within half an hour after his arrest the assassin was brought into the Sultan's Sul-tan's presence. His Majesty. Who was seated In a chair under a tall archway. In full sight of all his viziers, officials and some hundreds of troops, ordered the prisoner to be brought beTore bin. Mr. Hastings and myself stood by his Majesty's, Majes-ty's, side, in order that we might her what passed. The murderer was a man of apparently some forty years of age, of tall stature and not unpleasing countenance. counte-nance. "He confessed to deliberately Shooting Dr. Cooper because he was a Christian. y to this time the news of Dr. Cooper's death had not been received. The Sul-: Sul-: tan therefore ordered the man to b publicly flogged for his attack upon Dr. ' Cooper, and the man received several ' hundred blows from leather thongs across j his hips and thighs, administered by soldiers sol-diers In the presence of his Majesty and the entire court and troops. He bore his thrashing with great fortitude, and on its completion was able to rise up without assistance and walk. "He was then ordered to be publicly exhibited ex-hibited in the streets, and mounted upon a donkey and guarded by soldiers, he was taken from the palace for this purpose. - "It was at this moment that the news of Dr. Cooper's death was received. The Sultan, who was still seated in the great courtyard of the palace, ordered the pub- lie exniDiiion 01 ine muraerer 10 om stopped and. after consultation with his viziers, he commanded, the man's i-n mediate me-diate execution, requesting Mr. Hastings and myself to be present, together with all the viziers. . "In a quarter of an. hour all was over. The murderer was shot in the arsenal square, which had been quickly cleared ef the usual crowd of people. He remained extraordinarily plucky to the end." |