XIR415796 Stoning to death Doctor Emile Mauchamp in Marrakesh, cover illustration of \'Le Petit Journal\', 7 April, 1907 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Musee de La Presse, Paris, France; (add.info.: Emile Mauchamp (1870-1907); French doctor stoned to death outside his dispensary in Marrakech; although the cause of his death was suspicion that he was a spy, the murder was really a political event, an act of defiance against Sultan Abd al-Aziz and anger at the sultan\'s impotence before increasing European, especially French influence in Morocco; the assassination was used by France to justify the invasion of Oujda, culminating in the Treaty of Fez and the establishment of French rule in 1912;); French, out of copyright.