New-York tribune., 1885-02-06
THE MASSACRE OF COLONEL STEWART.
STORY OF ONE WHO EsCAPED-How THE BRITISH
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STORY OF ONE WHO EStAlED-HO" '4AS ''A'-~''
OFFICER WAS DECEIVED.
KoRrI. Feb 5-Hussen, the stoker who escaped
themassacre peIpetratcd by Suleiman at Wady Gamz
upon Colonel Stewart and his party, says that the
murders wero not committed in the vicinity OF
Rerber rs has been reported but on the Nile below
Abu Hamed. lie gives the following account OF
the circumstances attending the asssassrnatlons'
ColoneI Stewards steamer the Abbas, when 10 'eit
Kbortoum lad aboard besides Stewart two Euro
pean consuls. Power and Herbin. Hassan Bey,
twelve Greeks and a number OF natives.
Two other steamers accompanied the Abpas
from Khartoum 10 Berber. Tie NIUE
feet shelled Berber. but with what result Hussclh
does not state After this the Abbas and its escort
were Joined by four nuggars, and the Ieet, so rein
forced. proceeded down the Nile to Abu liamed.
At the latter place Colonel Stewart decided to dis
pense with the escort and he continued his journey
below Abu Hamed with the Abbas alone. lie had
not gone far when the steamer struck rock two
feet under the surface of the water The place was
near an island called Wady Gamz and the craft re-
NAMED fast upon the rock stew 1T and his party
left the boat and went TO the island.
Stewart subsequently went back to the disabled
steamer, spiked the guns, and threw the aInnnnl-
ton into the water. lie then returned to the
island The wreck had occurred with such sudden
ness that the party had been compelled to desert
the boat before they could arm themselves. The
result was that when Colonel Stewart got back to
the island he found himself tho only man In his
entire party who possessed any weapon, and he
had nothing but a small revolver in his belt.
Meanwhile o large crowd of natives had assembled
on the right bank of the Nile. They shouted ia
concert to tho English "Giye us peace and grace|
GIVE us peace and graceU IJs demonstration
somewhat rea ssured the colonel and his comrades.
Accordingly he received with welcome an Arab
hn a
sage from SulemaD. THIS was u ricrdly INVITA-
ton 10 Stewart 10 go with his entire party 70 Snle
man's house aud there become thefchefs guests.
THIS invitation accepted and the entlre
party crossed the river with the messenger TO the
BANK h wmeae d e he ooT odoc snwar the two
cOnsus and Hassan Boy 10 the house OF bllnd
man, Etman FakrI, where coffee was prepared for
them. While Colonel stewart and his companions
were III the house. Sulcnan went out and gave
signal to his followers. These were al armed with
swords and spears. aud they at once formed them,
mans house and attacked the guests Colonel
Stewart and the two c1nsuis were killed and Has
san Bey was wounded, but m9naged to escape.
He was recaptured aud taken to Berber.
While tins bloody work was being done In Etman
Fakr's house the other party of Sueimans men
closed in around the rest OF stewards detenc9ess s..
the hopeless struggle but all with the exception OF
the narrator and seven Others were either Killed
where they stood or were drowned In the Nile III
their attempts TO escape. Hissein managed toswim
across TO Wady GamZ and hide himself upon the
island until dark he was, however, discovered next
day aud made prisoner. lie was taken TO Brit,
and remained there until the place captured by
General Eare's men. Husse says that after Colo
mel Stewart was killed his body and the bodies of
all his murdered companions were thrown into the
river by order of SuleIman. The chieI and his fol-
lowers then divided all the money which they had
found on the murdered men or In the steamer, and
sent the rest of the plunder III box to Berbcr The
seven men who, besdes 1ussein, escaped the mas
sacre, were two sailors, two artilerymen and three
Egyptians, all of whom, iiussein says were subse-
quently captured by Sueiinan and taken to Bcr-
ber. where they remain prisoners.
Before the massacre Colonel Stewart had made
four trips to the steamer, and had succeeded
landing good many stores and provisions.