The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11
How Colonel Stewart and His
Comrades Were E~ntrapped
and MasSac,eed

Korti, February 5.-lIussein, the
stoker, who escaped the massacre per
petrated by Suieiman Wad Gamz upon
Colonel Stewart and his party, says the
murders were not committed III the vi
cinity of Berber, as has been reported,
but on the Nile, below Abu Uamed. lie
had not gone tar when the steamer struck
d rock two feet under the surface Of the
water. The place was near an island
called Nady CAM, and the craft re
NAMED fast upon tho rock. Stewart and
his party lett the boat and went to the
island. Stewart subsequently went back
to the disabled steamer, spiked the guns
and threw the ammunition overheard.
He then returned to the island. The
wreck had occurred with such sudden
ness that the party had been compelled
10 desert the boat before they could arm
themselves. The result was that when
Colonel Stewart got back to the island
be found himself the only man In his en-
tire party who possessed any We II and
he had nothing but a small revolver III
his belt. Meanwhile a large crowd Of
natives had assembled on The right bank
of the Nile. They shouted III concert TO
The English, "GIve us peace and grace!
Give us peace and grace This de-
monstratlon somewhat treasured the
Colonel and his comrades. Accordingly
he received with welcome an Arab who
approached them aud said he bore a mes
sage from Suleiman. This was a friendly
invitation to Stewart 10 so with his en-
tire party the Suleiman's house, and
there become the chief guest. The IN
v~itation was accepted, AM the entire
party crossed the river with The messen-
ger to the bank where the natives were
assembled. Suleiman met them. aud he
took Colonel Stewart, the two coDsuls
and HassaG Bey to the house of a blind
man named Etman Fakri, where coffee
was prepared for them. While Colonel
Stewart and his companions were in the
house Suleiman went out and gave a sig
nal to his followers. They were all armed
with swords and spears, and they at once
formed themselves in two bodies. One
| party entered the blind mans house and
attacked the guests. Colonel Stewart
ami the two consuls were killed, Hassan
Bey was wounded, but he managed to
escape, He was subsequently recaptured
however, aud was taken to Berber.
While this bloody work was being done
In Etman Fakris house the other party
of Suleimen's men closed In around the
rest of Stewards ~defenceless comrades.
The men fought as best they could in the
hopeless struggle. bat all, with the ex-
ceptlon OF the narrator and seven others
were either killed where they stood or
were drowned Ill the Nile ID their attempts
to escape. Hussein managed to SWIM
across to Wady Gamz aud hide himself
upon the island until dark. He was.
however, discovered next day and made
a prisoner. He was taken to Brit
and remained there until the place
was captured by Gen. Earl's meL. Has
sein says that after Col. Stewart was
killed, his body and the bodies OF his
murdered companions were thrown into
the river. by order of Suleiman. The
chief and his followers then divided all
the money which they had found on the
persons OF the wounded men or in the
steamer, and sent the rest Of the plum
der in a box to Berber. The seven men
who, besides Hussein, escaped the massa-
ere were W sailors, two artillervmen
and three Egyptians, all of whom. Hus- |
sem says, were subsequently, captured
by Sulelman. and taken to Berber, where
they remain prisoners. Before the mass
acree Col. Stewart had made four trips
to the steamer, and had succeeded in
landing a good many stores and pro-
visions.