Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-09
HOW GEN. GORDON DIED,
THE STORY TOLD BY ONE WHO
 WAS AN EYE WITNESS,

A Greek Who Saw tho Cowardly Murder of tho English Hero at the Fall of l Khartoum-Refusing to Save Himself by Flight-Treacherous Farig.
 l The mail from Suakim brings dispatches 1 from Gen. Grenfell among which is the lat | est, and this time the absolutely authentic, l account of the last hours of Gordon, the hero of Khartoum, whose lonely tomb in the center of Soudan is Eo,v veneratel, even by the Mahdi's followers, as that of a saint | The account, which has been collected with various documents and reports and officially declared to be true, is furnished by Dimetrio Georgio, Greek, who recently arrived nt Suakim from khartoun. Georgia was born at Berber, and was present at the capture | and sack of khartoun,. Here is his story as | told to Gen Grenfell:
 SMOKING A CIGARETTE
 was at Khartoum the night it was taken The Nile had gone back so that part of the city was open Gen. Gordon did not con- struct fresh trenches and rauparts, because
 he thought there were sufficient troops there, 3,coO, think. The gaps and all round about were held by large force under Farig Pasha
 That night Farig moved his troops, especially the blacks, from the gaps, saying the soldiers
 were wanted on the other side Gordon had perfect confidence in Farig The attack took place at two points. At the largest gap there was no resistance. If the British army, or even a few of them, had arrived even one hour before the attack the place would not have Gecn taken and Gol.lons troops would have fought to the last Farig had sent word to the Mahdi: Unless you attack tonight all Is lost" That night all was blood and flames
 The city had passed over from the command of Gordon to the Mahdi. It was dire and dreadful night. I shall remember it to my dying day The air echoed with hor- rible shrieks, yells, lamentations, vail ing and smell of blood. had three friends, Greeks. I hastcned to rescue them. I had two Mahdist uniforms given me by an Arab friend. One gave to one friend put ting on the other myself It was nearing daybrcak when l took my friends to my house. Some Arabs rushed in telling me I ought to so to the government house at once as all the great officers of tho Mahdi had gone there to kill Gordon Pasha. When they saw my third friend had ro Mahdi uniform on they slew him. We were then taken into the court yard. l saw Gordon Pasha smok- ing cigarette on the balcony facing the river. We had entered ct the back of the palace, entering at the yard where the svca- more tree is. Georgio Dimetrio, the princi- pal medical officer of tho Soudan and the provinces, and Nicola Lemindit, the Greek consul, were with him. Five hundred der wishes, who had been sent by the Mahdi with special orders to take Gordon alive, stood at the foot of the staircase. I went up stairs, being sent by the men below, who were vo- ciferating Gordon Pasha!" Gordon coolly left the balcony.
 STANDING BY HIS POST.
 Ely" said the other two, "while there is yet time. Go in at the little door and take the boat"
 ''Shall fly and leave my posts" Gordon re- piled, indignantly. That, indeed, would be disgrace. shall not ly"
 He then went into his inner room and donned his full uniform and sword Then he came out and grandly drew himself up to bis full height. On his visage wcs a look of scorn.
 "Whom seek ye?" he asked, on gazing at the sea of angry faces of the dervishes.
 ''Gordon Pasha," they cried
 You want him, do you' am he Come up hither," Gordon replied
 On being again urged by Dimetrio and the | Greek consul to fly, Gordon replied: "For shame! Would you have me abandon my post ignonniniously!"
 He could easily have escaped 1t the rear. Then, as Gordon stood boldly facing the der viSbcc came up. Tho dervishcs allowed them to l pass. They ascended the stairs and asked for tho pasha. Gordon met them, saying, II am | he, " and handed them his sword in the mili- tary fashion, intinat ting that he knew they | had taken the place, and that consequently | he surrendered according to the usages of war, but Nassas, one of the generals, snatched hold of his sword, at the same time, i'll @ brutal and most cowardly manner. striking Gordon an unexpected blow The pasha would have fought desperately had he thought he would not have been treated in sn honorable manner. He fell, rolling down the stairs. AS he rolled another general speared him on the left side, inflicting a grievous wound
 Thus died Gordon. I was there, a specta- tor to the ghastly deed, and got out of the way when he rolled down to the bottom of tho stairs. Some say Gordon was cut up to little pieces, but others relate that they em- balmed his body and took it to the Mahdi There were some bodies cut up, but am in- clined to believe these were the bodies of the consul and the doctor.-London Telegram.
 Destroying Illusions.
 A Boston lady visiting in this city recently