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...return for the payment of $400,000 in cash and a caravan of burros laden with all manner of goods, Moorish brigands released Yves Steeg (nephew of the French Resident General of Morocco, Theodore Steeg), Jean Maillet, the Baroness von Steinheil and her daughter, Mme. Marie Prokorov,* all of whom were captured and held for ransom about a month ago (TIME, Oct. 31). In addition, the two small Arnaud girls (whose parents were killed in ambush almost two months ago) were also released...
With the exception of Mme. Prokorov, pale and wasted, all the prisoners appeared healthy and little the worse for their experiences. The two men had beards a month old and both were clad in Moorish dress, their own clothes having been confiscated by the brigands. M. Steeg disported a flowing burnoose, under which he wore a gaudy pair of red breeches and a pullover sweater. M. Maillet was garbed in a coarse white tunic and velvet breeches. The two small Arnaud girls were literally covered with vermin and also dressed in Moorish costume. They stopped crying when familiar French voices...
...Yves Steeg told the tale of their capture and captivity...
...Baroness & her daughter were erroneously reported in earlier dispatches to be the wives of MM. Steeg & Maillet...
...following his death, as is the custom, the late Sultan was laid to rest in Fez, a solemn ceremony being held in the Great Mosque. All the high dignitaries of the land were present. French Resident General Theodore Steeg paid his last respects to the dead monarch before the great catafalque that bore his corpse, but he was not allowed to enter the Mosque, as none but Moslems...