New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-24
/ True STORY or THE WESTERN PAcnTC,

From Tie LOudOn Spectator.
A very curious story this D., anu As Mt. iohiiD
pledges bis word Tor It's tgath and gives al the cir
cumstances, well worth notice. nc s'-ne vas vas
Rotuiuah a little island between three and louF
hundred miles north Of lui. Inc cnlels o. ho.u
NAH. finding the pace ruined by lnccsath, ciNI
war. agreed 10 ask for annexation TO En-iiud. III
Arthur Gordon, Governor OF lIi consented 10 TOT,
ward their petition % England, ana I'D tine lhletFal
winch must intervene before au answer cOuil DC
recel we'd % send a relative of LIS own. NJ arthur
Gordon 90 advise them. Air Gordon wenf TAI ng
with nini an Australian hali-caste Thomas Si.i psVn
by name. 10 act ~ interpreter; ana III hoihlIy
went to ROtumah few we * aitcr"&id. ihc
hall caste murdered 4 native, kimueh 10y name,
who srems 20 have been aware al "a roDN"ff Whlci
the man had committed. Mr.. ROmiliy w7s called
in 70 see the dying man-ior lie was not hihed Oh
the spot-and particularly noticed tue way IN
which his head was bauda2ed. 4 piece ot coarse
cloth WAS over the top Of the head, aud iound IT, 70
keep 10 IN It's place, were ST. FPS OF Odnai Leaves:
The whole was secIreh WIN COTTON anu 81 .nsS "
hbre.h Thomas Slmp-on was ired TOT tue HDtuer
found guilty, and condemned to twenty one yeaiS
hhont sX months afte7ward Mr. Romilly re-
turned 10 Rotum=h which was by thl. time an
neAed to act As Deputy COmmissOner tIil a resi-
dent magistrate should be appointed. lhron-hOut
his stay, which circumstances prolonged beyond hi5
expectation be was in the habit OF receiving ANY
visits from certain native, ALBERT Ahpat oS
name. These visits were, much To his surprise,
suddenly suspended. Seeing the man, re .a'n'u
HIM the reason. Albert's answer was. Me fFald;
dead man. he walks hen asked = W nat heAo
man ~ he replied klmueiI.' Mr. homllly
But evidence accumulated. The Interpreter an
swered that KimuelI had certainly been seen
every one IN the nelghhOrnc village had seen NM
30 MIR. RomIlly determined 70 watch Us was
his experience certainly saw ABOUT a hunlreh
wards oil what appeared 10 be the ordinary gure OF
a native advancing. He nad something ttei round
hi, head, as yet / could not see what. recoi.
lection OF having seen that figure was forcing itlt
upon ny mind more strongly every moment ana
suddenly be exact scene when had gone Win
Gordon TO Visit the murdered man, came ofch on
my mind Nth.grrat viyldness. There was the same
man m front OF me- his iace covered with blood,
and "A dirty cloth over his head kept III ~ ace
with banana leaves. which were secured with ubTe
and cottOu-thTead. There was the same man, anu
there was the bandagc round Ills head, leaf Tor
leaf and tie tor tie. identical with the picture
already present in nv mind. " hy JONe. IL ~
klmuell. sad TO Allardyce, IN a wins per. IheJ
followed the figure 10 the edge Of the bush.
There. though L was bright moonlight. they lost
all trace OF him. CurIOu-ly enough the dat % ne
appearaucr was Christmas, the auniyersart OF he
murder It was never seen again. hlmu.h, ono
/ might say. was satisfied when bee had been seen
bv the White chief Mr.. Romilly a some curious
thing, % tell u. apart from this str-ngr tory
/ about Rotu!nah aud his little book IS worth Iedd'
b Ing.