A WIFES VENGEANCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12071, 15 September 1902, Page 6

A WIFES VENGEANCE.

1 TRACKS THE MURDERERS OF HER ] HUSBAND. I 1 At Stisa, in Tunis, the trial of the two j j Chambaas who are charged with the murder ! of the Marquis de Mores is proceeding. j < Few more pathetic episodes can he irnag- j ' ined than the silent persistence with which j the wife of the murdered Marquis de Mores > 1 has followed the assassins of her husband. i It was as long ago as June 18, 1896, that j ' the adventurous Frenchman met his death at i the gates of the Sahara. Since that time the | * .marquise has been unremitting in her en- j c deavours to discover the murderers, and ! ottered a. reward of £600 tor their apprehen- i 1 sion. She refused to regard the death of ; * her husband as an act. of brigandage. Her • 1 firm conviction was that lie was killed in ! : order to serve political end.-.. I 1 He was a rabid anti-Semite, and it i« sup i I posed that his death was brought about by ! uativo chieftains in the pay of the ollieiaU .' of Algeria and Tunis. It is the Marquise, de Mores.' belief that i her husband was induced by preconcerted plans to send back his camel-drivers, who would have been a safeguard against attack. r Tin; long search of the widow and her friends has been responsible for the post* ( ponement of the t.riai, as she wished to get t documentary evidence. She voured , ( unsuccessfully to change the place of trial, j ■* and she is at- this moment at Nusa, following the case with the closest attention. The reputed assassins of the Marquis de Mores were arrested four years ago as the ! result of a confession made to a native priest, who then gave information to the French ' Government. This priest has since died ill * an expedition. 1 The marquis was attacked by members of the OLambaa tribe, and. though wounded 1 with sword thrusts, he reached a rock, am'. * kept the foe at bay for two hti\jrs. i'inally ' lie was despatched by a shot in the back, *