The Cecil Whig., 1885-02-07
R2ERpFO0RRfbD FALL or EHhRI0uH.
GEN. GORDON IN THE ENEHy'S asiSDS.

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betrayed by His Own Garrison He is Forced
to Surrender-Col. Stewart Betrayed and
Massacred-General Gordon's Fate I'm
known.
Intelligence has-been received in
London that khartoum had been cap
tured by the Arabian rebels. The
Whereabouts of Gen. Gordon are un-
known. He is either prisoner in the
hands of the victors or dead. The Lon
don DaiZp Chronicle says that a tele
gram was received at the war Office on
Wednesday night from Gen. Wolseley
announcing the fall of Khartoum. Gen.
Wolseley telegraphs that when Col.
Wilson, who went from Metemneh to
Khartoum, reached the latter place he
found it in the hands of the rebels.
He returned to Metemneh under a
heavy fire from both banks of the river
MASSACRE OF COL. STEWART.
Hussein, the stoker, who escaped the
massacre perpetrated by Sulieman Wady
Gamz upon Col. Stewart (not General
StewarD and his party, says the muir
ders were not committed in the vicinity
of Berber, as has been reported, but
on the Nile below Abu Hamed. He
gives the following account of the Cir
cumstances attending the assassination !:
"Col. Stewards steamer, the Abbas,
when it left khartoum, had aboard,
besides Stewart, two European consuls,
Power and Herbin, Hassan Bey, twelve
Greeks aud number of natives. Two
other steamers accompanied the Abbus
from Khartoum TO Berber. The little
fleet shelled Berber, but with what re-
suit Hussein does not state After this
the Abbas and its escort were Joined
by four nuggars, and the fleet, SO rein
forced, proceeded down the Nile to
Abu Halned. At the latter place Col
Stewart decided to dispense with the
escort, and he continued his journey
below Abu Hamed with the Abbas alone
WRECKED ON AN ISLAND.
He had not gone far when the steam,
er struck a rock two feet under the sur
face of the water. The place was near
an island called Wady Gamz, and the
craft remained fast upon the rock.
Stewart and his party left the boat and
went to the island. Stewart subsequent
ly went back to the disabled steamer,
spiked the guns and threw the ammuni-
ton into the water He then returned
to the island. The wreck had occurred
with such suddenness that the party
had been compelled to desert the boat
before they could arm themselves. The
result was that when Col. Stewart put
back to the island he found himself the
only man in his entire party who pos
sessed any weapon, and he had nothing
but small revolver in his belt. Mean
while large crowd of the natives had
assembled on the right bank of the Nile.
They shouted in concert to the English,
"Give us peace and grace !' Give us
peace and grace .' This demonstration
somewhat reassured the Colonel and
his comrades. Accordingly he receiv-
ed with welcome all Arab who approach
ed them and said he bore a message
from Suleman. This was a friendly in
vitation to Stewart to 60 with his entire
party to Sulleman's house and there be
come the chief guest.
MURDERED WHILE AT LUNCH.
The invitation was accepted and the
entire party crossed the river with the
messenger to the bank where the ma
tiyes were assembled. Sulieman met
them, and he took Col. Stewart, the two
consuls and Hassan Bey to the house
of blind man named Etman Fakri,
where coffee was prepared for them.
While Col. Stewart and his companions
were in the house Sulieman went out
and gave a signal to his followers. They
were all armed with swords and spears,
and they at once formed themselves
into two bodies. One party entered
the blind mans house and attacked the
guests. Col Stewart and the two con-
suls were killed. Hassdn Bey was
wounded, but he managed to escape.
He was subsequently recaptured, how
ever, and taken to Berber.
While this bloody work was being
done in Etman Fakri's house the other
party OF Sulieman's men closed in
around the rest of Stewards defenceless
comrades. The men fought as best
they could in 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 in their attempts to escape.
THE BODIES THROWN INTO THE NILE.
Hussein managed to swim across to
Wady Gamz and hide himself upon the
island until dark. He was, however,
discovered next day and made a pris-
oner. He was taken to Burti, and re-
mained there until the place was cap
tured by Gen. Earle's men. Hussein
says that after Col. Stewart was killed
his body and the bodies of all his muir
dered companions were thrown into the
river by order of Sulieman.
TWO DESPERATE BRAKEMEN.