New-York tribune., 1885-02-11
GENERAL GORDON DEAD.
4. REVOLVING MASSACRE IN KHARrouM'
THE BRITISH COMMANDER STARRED WHILE A"A
ING THE PALACE.

r.r pp,rrsu COMMANDER STABBED WHILE hhA''
ING THE PALACE.
I.oxpoy. Feb. 1.-THE Daily Ne@s VIZ VIZ. for
,.,rs this mornmg in mourning out OF respo0S c1,,
c.reral Gordon. publishes the foliowhs utar,o-m
ooao'. .c,S s...;ra. who escaped from khar'oui"
..r that General Gordon was ro,Iv
80 leaving his house 10 s
49, ,.;tbful troops. The latter were cu' wv r,s
.., 'a aud for hours the best part OF ,he WV
.,'s scens of merciless slaughter, not even "o"s
and children being spared. All the no'ao,e: " 90,
ti,led except treacherous pachas anu 'n0N
lowers. .ho billing of
The following addit tonal details OF the k,inns at
cansraI Gordon and the fall Of kharto"m are ~
s a., tha dav of the capture which
90 yar;opslv stated as January 26 and ~. oehoiai
no,acr,s attention was attracted by tremendous
.,,t IN the streets He left the so-called paiaoo'
90 covernmept building. in which ne had hiaoe MS
s.adouarters. to ascertain the cause Oh 'no
a;s,urbance. Just as he reached the street ho was
stabbed In the back and fell dead. Inc tuhui' was
apsed bv the Mahdi's troops who had gaineo accoe'
=. a. ;ntar;or Of the town through ueachery'
and who were soon in complete possession Oh inc
rIace intending the citadel. A massacre VI 'n'
garrison followed s s,r-
Tl,e scenes of the SLAUGHTER are described as SUI,
nassing the Bulgarian atrocit,es 1nu
rivall,ng the worst horrors OF the Sep"y
mutiny The panic-stricken Egypt,nns WI .a,
captured in their fight aud put &c oeA'o WI wa
torture Some were transnxed WIN ST. ,raro
left to bleed to death. Most OF the 'i0.,'1o 80
muti,sted in most horrible manner. Eyes "oie
ont noses were slit and tongues we're torn ou.
hv tbs roots In many cases the mutilated paris VI
,ne victims, bodies were thrust into their mouths
wbIs they were still living. The emassacre inciuoe'
r,onv non-combatants and the Egyptian women
,ere subiected to shameful indignlties. Soio
than hundred women and young girls were gi'on
over IN the Mahdis followers to be used as slaves
After the slaughter many Arabs were seen ruSn.ns
about the streets with the heads OF Egyptians i'n
nailed upon their spears. The next night was spen'
i'm a saturnalIa of blood and debauchery.
Since the capture of Khartoum the MANU-
has repaired the fortifcations and mas maoo
the ulace well-nigh impregnable. He has made T"
his permanent headquarters, and is said 10 oil
abundance Of guns small arms and ammuni''on
LONDON. Feb 1O-A dispatch to Reuters le'o
gram Company from Korti says: Coiohels " hsoh
and Wortley who were with the expeoitoh w
Vhartoum. arrived here to-day They made the
journey from Gubat In four days. Ihey crousns
the news of General Gordon's death 1t was learned
that one of the treacherous pachas among General
ordons forces marched the garrison TO the side OF
the town nearest Omdurman, saying that the rebel
attack was expected at that point In the meantime
another traitorous pacha opened the gates at the
and thew easily captured the town. General Gordon
was stabbed just as he was leaving the Govern
ment House." m, r,k
A dispatch from Gubat to The Daily IelegrGph
states that il is reported there that General Uoraon
was killed on he morning of January ~.
koRTI Feb. 1O.-Ihe Mahdi caused the nassaoiSs
of all Gordon's men, together with their wives ana
children General Gordon was killed on the morn
ing of January 81. The garrison at Guoat Is OK
asperated over the news of the massacre