The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-13
ROMANCE oUTDoNE.
Born to Trouble and Disaster.
A Most Remarkable Career.
The Adventures and Sufferings O.
DR.. Bredemeyer.

During the years 1ooo BLU Aoo''
DR.. Wm. Bredemeyer, OF this city,
was in the service OF the king oil
Upper Burmah, and in charge OF all
the mines OF that country. con listing
of jasper, ruby, gold. silver, lead,
copper, amber and coal. His prin-
oipal place o: residence was at the
ruby mines of Medea, in the province
Of old Ava, about one days travel on
horseback from Msndalsy. along and
up the Irrawaddy river. The miners
there consisted of a regiment of the
kings own guard, and the people OF
the surrounding villages. The women
and children performed the work OF
transporting the matter excavated
from the mines. and OF saving the
precious stones by washing the earth
excavated in baskets and wooden
pans. The doctors house was what
ia called in India, bamboo bunga-
low, upon piles about six feet above
the ground. In front OF the house.
forming the line to the right and
left we're the barracks OF the soldiers.
The soldiers were all armed with
spears and sabres. except six soldiers
who were detailed to act as a guard
10 the doctor and bis residence day
and night, these six soldiers were
armed with double barreled shotguns.
The doctor was high in the kings
favor, having free leave to enter into
the royal presence ct any time and
being elevated in rank and position
equal to the governors and ministers.
In April. 1869, the king desired the
doctor to marry one OF the court
ladies, which the doctor declined to
do on account OF having pledged his
troth to the daughter OF Holland
major OF the engineer corps at
samarapg, Java. The king rebuked
the doctor in sarcastic way by ask.
ing, how he could object to being
married to a Daughter OF the sun,
he, 1.-THE doctor being only son of q
race of monkeys? Although all the
doctors friends advised him strongly
to obey the king, he kept faith with
his lady love in Java. On the even-
ing of the 10Th of June. 1869, about
9 o'clock, shortly after having dis
missed bis officers who brought every
evening the days cleanup from the
ruby mines. the doctor vas attracted
by a great noise approaching the
house. Calling to his servants, be
found they had quietly disappeared,
as also the guard; but luckily or con-
trary, only God knows, they had left
their guns. At that moment he saw
ia the bright tropical moonlight a
crowd of between 800 and 400 Bur
mese armed with spears. bamboos,
knives and swords, approaching the
avenue between the barracks, and
his Interpreter and valet. halt-breed
Portuguese and Singalese (Hindoo
dsscendant) on the point of slouohing
away. He quickly leveled a revolver
at him and ordered MIN to stay and
share his fate or die then and there.
After having secured the dbrs and
windows the doctor fred on tue ap-
preaching. hostile multitude. the
interpreter, with strong indifference
constantly loading the weapons. He
thus defended himself for three
nights and two days, killing to bis
knowledge tWenty-sx and wounding
many more. His ammunition then
gave out. About 100 feet back, and
parallel with the doctors hnuse. stood
the powder magazine OF the mines.
and being desperate, with sure torture
and death staring him in the face.
the doctor flung open back door
and threw O fire brand towards the
magazine in order to blow ell and
himself up. Luckily his Efforts were
unsuccessful. The multitude tore
the house-or the walls of the came
down and the doctor was forced tC
surrender to the Sons of the Sun. In
ave minutes thereafter he was hacked
and cut all over from head to foot.
and then tied with ropes and out
stretched on cross under a broiline
tropical sun of 1876 degrees temDera'
ture. He became, after untold tor.
turea, insensible in less than one
hour, the time seemingly being Of
centuries duration in agony and
suffering. He was hanging to the
cross for three hours, when he was
taken down. Regaining conscious
ness, he heard the Burmese mob con-
sulting about putting him to death in
less direct and humane manner
than had been their original inten-
ton. They arranged that be vas tc
be induced to ride ID the capital
Msndalsy, and en- route was TO be
thrown from the horse and drowned
in the Iriswaddy, at that time foo+-
ing the whole country with tie SNOW
waters from the Himalayss, just as the
Nile overdows Egypt. They argued
that il they crucifed him and killed
him direct, and the English came tC
know it, as in an probability those
barparians would. the British retail
istion was to be feared. As may be
readily imagined the prospect for
escape was anything but bright OF
encouraging; however. where there il
life there is hope, and the doctor
made the best OF the situation. but,