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Foreign News March 2, 1837

Staunton Spectator, And General Advertiser

Staunton, Virginia

What is this article about?

In Morocco, a butcher known as a Khelia lured and killed eight women, selling their flesh as meat. His wife reported him to the Pacha, leading to his gruesome execution by being nailed to his counter, dismembered, boiled, and fed to dogs.

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Moorish Atrocity and Punishment.--The Moniteur Algerien, relates a horrid affair which took place a few years since in the city of Morocco. One of those dressers of meat broiled in oil, to whom the Moors give the name of Khelia, employed a new method of supplying his customers:

"By offering some money he drew into the most remote part of his house some of those unfortunate women whose object in entering this infernal retreat was of a very different nature. When there, these unhappy beings were instantly killed, and cut into fragments, which were prepared and exposed for sale in the butcher's stall. Eight women had disappeared. At last his own wife having conceived some suspicions, which were soon changed into certainty, went and threw herself at the Pacha's feet, disclosing the atrocious conduct of her husband. Justice was not slow: the butcher was seized, nailed to his own counter, and four negroes, armed with hatchets, were commanded to cut him in pieces slowly, and in such a way that the culprit might behold the fragments of his own flesh come out of a vast boiling cauldron, and be thrown as food to hundreds of dogs collected for that purpose from the different quarters of the city."

What sub-type of article is it?

Atrocity Punishment

What keywords are associated?

Moorish Atrocity Morocco Butcher Women Killed Gruesome Punishment Pacha Justice

What entities or persons were involved?

Khelia Pacha

Where did it happen?

City Of Morocco

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

City Of Morocco

Event Date

A Few Years Since

Key Persons

Khelia Pacha

Outcome

eight women killed and sold as meat; butcher nailed to counter, cut into pieces, boiled, and fed to dogs

Event Details

A Khelia in Morocco lured unfortunate women into his house with money, killed them, cut them into fragments, and sold the meat broiled in oil. His wife suspected and reported him to the Pacha. He was seized and executed by being nailed to his counter, slowly cut into pieces by four negroes with hatchets, with his flesh boiled in a cauldron and thrown to hundreds of dogs.

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