A MOROCCO SENSATION.
TANGIEES (Morocco), July 2.
There is great excitement at Fez owing to French encroachments on the Oasis of Fonai. A mob killed the manager of a French concern, who was an American citizen. The British Consul has demanded assistance of the authorities to protect his house, and the Jewish ghetto is besieged. The Legation here is making serious representatives on the subject. • • ■ •
The name of the victim of the mob was Marcos Essagin. Essagin, while riding on horseback through a narrow street, jolted against the mule of a Moroccan religious fanatic, and a dispute ensued, the crowd which gathered siding with the priest.
Essagin, in self-defence, drew his revolver and fired, wounding a native. This was the signal for a general attack upon the American, who received dozens of knife wounds, and whose body was burned, according to some, before life was extinct. .
The French Minister was informed of the crime by a special messenger, and he notified the American Consul. Both the Minister and the Consul cailed upon Si di Torres, the Sultan's Minister of Foreign Affairs at Tangier, and protested against the outrage.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 186, 7 August 1900, Page 2
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