CAPTURED BY BEDOUINS
AND CONDEMNED TO DEATH. Chicago, January 11. A private letter received in tliis city gives a graphic account of the recent capture of Kerak, in Palestine, during the recent outbreak of Bedouin tribesmen. The letter also narrates a thrilling experience that fell to the lot of six mission workers from Chicago. These people were encamped in Keralj at the time of the raid, and falling into the hands of Bedouins, they were led captive into the desert. Here they underwent a sort of trial and were condemned to death. Without the least hope of being delivered from their terrible situation the missionaries had completely resigned themselves to their fate, and were speculating upon the way in which they were to be put to death, when a tribe of friendly Bedouins swooped down in the night on their place of detention. A short, sharp fight between the friend-1 lies and their bloodthirsty brethren ended in the rescue of all the prisoners, who were then safely escorted to Jerusalem.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 223, 26 January 1911, Page 8
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170CAPTURED BY BEDOUINS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 223, 26 January 1911, Page 8
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