Evening journal., 1890-11-07


~ s gerald an Indian
%\F%T& officer, brought to
TssSA ~ us a short, stout
HENRY M STANLEY. built young fellow
about 30 years old, and introduced him as
Maj. Barttelot, an army officer who had
served in Egypt under Lord Wellesley.
Mr. Fitzgerald said: "There is a young
fellow that will prove just what you want
He is young aud courageous" Maj Bart
teot also had letter OF recommendation
from Mai Butler. / accepted the recon-
mendation, and the young major was
taken as one of the members Of the ex-
pediton. That is how / selected him. He
was shot on July 49, He was not cut or
mutilated. did not see him, as did not
arrive at his camp until Aug. IL.
why BartteIot Was Killed.
"'rhe causes of his death, continued the
explorer, in answer TO a question, "were
his violent temper and his constant incli-
nation to quarrel. He had been away from
she camp of the rear guard for some time.
At tie time of the killing he had just re
turned from Stanley camp and his pres
ance seemed to destroy the harmony that
prevailed during his absence. Maj Bart
telott demanded men from the Arab chief
o carry his own loads Of goods, saying that
If he did not get them he would 60 back 10
/ rippoo lib. He also complained to Bonny
that he could not get them, asking Bonny
| X he didn't think he (Barttelot) had done
we'll 10 his management with so few men,
Bonny said: No; don't think you need
| any more men, Barttelot then told Bonny
that he would leave there on July ~ and
would put him in charge while he (Bartte-
lotl would 60 to look after Emin. On July
Is Barttelot beat one Of Zauzibari's chiefs
and disturbed the camp generally. Bonny
then went to him and said he would man
sge the camp as long as he had been in
charge Of ii.
The Murder Of the Major.
"On the morning OF July 10 just at
lawn, Barttelot was disturbed from his
sleep by the beating OF a drum and by some
one singing. He sent Soudanese sergeant
10 find out what the noise was and to stop
i. The sergeant reported that be could
not find out what il was Barttelot then
sent his little black boy to see. The boy
returned and said woman was singing
and some men were drumming an accom-
lpaniment, this being the way the natives
celebrate the breaking of day in some parts
9f the dark continent. Barttelot thereupon
Jumped up and said he would stop the noise
and shoot the first one who did not obey
him. With revolver in one hand and a
pointed, stout wood staff in the other, he
started out toward the woman who was
singing. He commanded her TO stop. She
kept on singing, only looking up at him
in defiant manner, knowing that every one
IN the camp disiiked him. Again BArtteloi
sold her to stop aud gave her a prod with
/ "a 4.
and kick her. While this was going on
he woman's husband was In his hut only
i've or six yards away cleaning his gun
He heard his wife scream and looking out
II the loop hole in the hut saw Barttelot
with his pistol in one hand and stick In
he other, beating the woman. He was
chief Of the tribe and thought as much o
his wife as we do of ours.
I'm an instant he thrust his gun through
he loophole of the hut and shot Barttelo
lead The whole thing was done in
: spirit Of anger. There was no premedita
ion. He did just as you or / would hav
] lone under the circumstances"
lie GrInned Like a Fiend.
II didn't rely on the written statemen
If Mr.. Bonny for all this. heard tn
tame from the Arabs, the Zanzibaris an,
4 /
md they certainly had no object in tellinl
lie story different from what it was afte
heir enemy was dead. This can be takel
/ Is a fair sample Of his treatment OF tn
amp followers, Judging from the state
) ment Of the surviving officers. One Of then
old me that Barttelot had a habit o
standing in front Of the men and grinnin
t them like fiend. He could do this
ne had four large front teeth, white once
hat would give his face a horrible appear
( ince when he made these grimaces."
They Could Have Moved, He Says.
"When You left the camp Of the rea
suard, Mr.. Stanley, did you impress it o
he men that they must guard those load
II goods at all hazardsg"
II told them that they must not los
{ hem, but did not give them to understan
that they must not go away from the cam
At all. / explained it to them this way: 4
we don't hurry up we will be too late III
lnly thing / can do is to take an advanC
1arty and go on cutting our way throug
The bush. You can follow by the straigi
path and soon overtake u.s. You hay
o eighty one men to carry 600 loads of good
many Of these loads are not necessary, bI
|. lhe beads, ammunition, clothes and riff
re. BY careful distribution you can r
luce your GOO loads to 49, The object
% arrying all these supplies was that
emin really desired to return to ciyiliz
70 ion the goods would meet him half wa
aud would be necessary to purchase foe
md the good will Of tribes if we went
q he west coast. IL was not necessary fl
hose men to stay In camp. They cou
have made progress il they had tried.
\ ia naeeuds FEIs Tustrucefons
~ notice in Barttelot's new book that
.ays not a man in the whole world won
propose such thing as did What | sa
% them was: Tippoo 1ib will not send 4
The men he has promised, but he willsel
some. With these you can move forwa
your loads by taking some of them on S
miles day and then going back six mil