MURDER GANGS IN EGYPT

Evening Star, Issue 18852, 29 January 1925, Page 1

MURDER GANGS IN EGYPT

“THE VENGEANCE SOCIETY.” The Criminal Investigation Department of the Egyptian Government has at least one clue to the identity nf the murderers of Sir Lee Stack, who was shot while l driving through the streets of Cairo, says an Anglo-F.gyptian in the ‘Daily Mail.’ 1 The number of the motor ear used hy some of the. assassins was noted. The ■ ear was traced, and its driver, a Nubian ( from Wadi Haifa, the northern frontier (own of the Sudan, is now in custody. He protests, however, (hat he had. nothing to do with the. murder, and was merely hived hy the assassins to drive them to the spot where they carried out their horrible purpose. Presumably he will he able to identify (he men who hired his ear. _ ; 11 was only after months of silent work, in which every known wile and device of , detective science had been employed, that (lie, Egyptian Criminal Investigation Department last year rounded np t lio gang said to be responsible for the senes of outrages on British officials, wlnen for eighteen months had lent terror to the existence of the British community. It was then found that the conspirators were an independent gang, acting under the banner of no particular political party or , organisation----t hough daik hints were thrown out as to people, of position and ; influence in the background of the association. Here was the key to much that was baffling in the psychology of (he crimes—their apparent aimlessness and ir- I 'relevance. Fifteen jEgyptians were at I that tunc, arrested. Among them was one, ; Dossouki, known by his compatriots as ■ “ the sweet,’’ a (vpical elfench with a weak, crafty, laughing face, lie laughed always, even when the* most inci iniinai-, ing letters were read in court. i There was no mention in them of mnrdor as such, or the weapons to ho cm- 1 ployed. The Arabic word “ ainami,” | meaning “ the liusl, or ‘ that which is { understood between us, throughout. Thus on Hie eve of Him- j hasiii Cave’s assassination he wrote: j “ There is a great ‘ aniana ’ coining off on ; May 25,” or again “ 1 am bringing Hie two ‘ amaiias ’ (icvolveis) with imp Ail were mercenaries; £ls was the pi ice of an Englishman's life. It was not discovered from what sotirte the n cics w.us derived, but it is common knowledge that , from the inception of the Maid uiou-n.-ent , ill Key pi there has niter Dot n an\ l.u k . of feuds tor seditions puipo.-'s. , It. -would r.oi he suroriMiie, judging : from previous exncneneo in liaising; down those guilty of the assass.n.ti.on of; British siiMec.s. if it' "ere m-ilui o.j some months be:ore those rcspoiiMoks for i the recent murder were brought, to ]us- 1 tire. In Cam) intrigue, official and poll- | tical. n ihe vet v essence ot Uie .olinuiis-I tranve ideals, and mmol' peg's .1 Llge|

part of everv mine. Even when it "as reported that the car used by Hie assassins v-;;s known, it was immediately assumed that it' nnmi.cr noted was a wrong erne. Jt is very probable that the Egyptian Vengeance Society or the ' M.isii is ie. sponsible, for tuc icciiit iiimc. I ndei .go auspices ( ,f this notorious society toe White Rag League m Die Sudan was founded and encouraged, and Ah Lat.it, tl’O young Dlnka ox-officer, was metely a tool in their hands. V as3*n *,********»** a8crl !!! l !S?