New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-07

ing nun ,iic uinefence between 1lppoo liv anu
Then Major Barttelot knew all about Tippoo
lib that you know?
Oh. certainly that is. IL he has paid attention
Throughout an interview with you that has
been published there has been a suggestion that
Major Barttelot was guilty Of immornlity?
Oh, no, no. There is no accusation oil I'M
morality; no, no-none whatever.
Troup, In an interview, speaks oil the horripe
condition Of the people in the camp says that they
were rottlng with ulcers?
II you look in 8 Darkest Africa yo9 will IND
that the logbo0k Is very mild. But nave msue
probably hundred excsions. The original loSbook
signed by Major Barttelot. james . Jameson
and William Bonney day after day Is simply just
one record of remorseless and implsrabe punish
mcnt.
TERRIBLE PUNIsHMEN1S
One man had an ulcer on one side seven inches
in diameter, and OF an inch DEPTH and maggots
were feeding there and another ulcer i've inches
in diameter and half an inch deep. Another m,n
had an ulcer four inches in diameter with matter
oozng out There were fonr ulcers on these two
men.
Were they the result Of punishment?
Simply rmorseless foggng. Both men died.
There is Soudi, whom he mentions himself as a
nice and obedient boy, "a quaint chiia. AL lie
Another man has been hogged TO death, and dies
at the triangle, mission boy. Two other men
are logged to death. Another man, made des-
perate By his hunger, takes piece OF meat tlia'
was standing temptingly by him, and eats it raw
He is sentenced to 800 ashes by Major Bartteiot.
One hundred and fifty are given and the doctor
says: Stop, sir You'll kill him..
Put him under arrest and let him remain IN
guard until he RECEIVERS, and he'll get the other
$50 yetin
The man knows that. and runs away by night,
snatches q rifle and runs into the forest TO Jose
himself Barttelot sets the entire country hunt
ing for him. lie is brought back. and he is sho Y;
In the log-book as it appears in Darkest Africa,
it says: "All the men came forward 10 COM
plain" But what did they complain of? Sixty
men inst able to walk. forty-two men dying-right
on their, feet-they all did die; 90 men already
dead in Observation-Disclosures were abandoned
in the camp!
ALL STANLEY'S OFFICERS.
All these officers are my officers. They don't
belong to the committee but were engaged by me,
and | asked Mr.. Bonncy: Well. you tell me all
these horrible things, and these people here have
told me. How can I exempt you from being
Just as guilty as Barttelot in that you did not
st0p him one way or another, by moral or physi-
cal force, from d. ing all these thingsP'
/ Bonney said to me that he had not told me
WHAT said L: with all those horrible things
YOU have been telling me all the way from lcnali
To London. you have not told me one,halfl What
can there possibly he more horrible?"
Oh, it'll all come out some day. The only
way to have brought that out was to summon us
all to q court of law, where every one couid OK
Couldn't you personally arrange suit In Lon
don, Mr.. Stanley? .
could easily do it, l could sue this man
for libel. but no English jury would condemn
this man for trying 10 defend his brother. They
would give me % farthing damages; that's all.
There is no necessity for damages whatever,
but there is necessity of getting the entire
story out. ,
Couldn't you. Mr.. Stanley, arrange that
you might be brought into court as a defendant?
A LETTER TO THE COMMITTEE.
would willingly. ] have got sworn afii-
davits didn't ask for them They were given
to me- Mr. Bonney had written All official report
TO give to the committee. under the belief that
we were all lost. 1t was dated in July, two days
after Barttelot was shot i came 10 nm AZ h Au,
rot letter | was going to send to the committee
don't know whether have acted right IN writing
H. hut you know there was no news 10 DE ha'i
from you, and we did not know when we should
That was the first time knew of that report.
said. That letter belongs to me. You are
officer. Let me have it. Leave the date as 1t
stands and address it to me-" have got it.
And in that letter he speaks OF those things :
And these officers stayed there quietly?
They say they protested. Apropos Of that. ~
tell YOU a little story which took place at the
STRIKING ILLUSTRATION
sent Swedish officer. with thirty men. TO
go and establish q station with native chief,
who had asked our party to live with HIM.
gave him six months supplies, arms, ammunition
and stores The boats crew took them OIL es-
corted them, and left them. They reached the
station They prepared TO build The native chiel
gave them bananas, Indian corn ana manioc' as d
present, welcoming them to the country. FOR
five days things went on beautifully , linen sho1
was heard in the camp. The Zanzibarls rushed
ont to find what was the meaning OF shot IN q
the native chief with revolver One OIL the heaa
men rushed behind the officer. caught hold OF
him. and lifted him up He slowed himself up
and shot the man through the head, the bullet
passing through the corner of the temple Then all
the Zanzibaris flung themselves upon the officer
and bound him hand and foot. In the
the the forest, ali alone. The mem hunted him
| up, and in two days found him. They bound
him hand and foot again. and h f0ga rd ann t to the
Just that morning they reached the river
| bank ! was taking coffee at o'clock, and !
said to my confidential black servant. - think
| it is very strange that we hare 20 news from
those people. Surprising you take the boats
crew and 90 and find ont quietly what is gone
on. / have feeling that there is something
Ali right, sr'
FIND THE zANzIBARIS.
| He took the boats crew over and rowed up
| the river and crossed the Congo, and the very
| first object the boats crew saw as the stem OF
the boat touched the bank was all the Zanzibaris
| standing up still and solemn, like soldiers with
the bound officer at their feet right on the river
| bank. OF course the boats crew were thundef-
| struck at seeing a white man bound like this,
| and said. I" WHAT'S the matter? What's the
matter?7 bundled him up and carried HIM INTO
| the boat. -.
| AT noon was astonished to sec q long line OF
people coming up, bearing something on theiI
heads. / was sitting on the veranda OF my mouse
at Stanley Pool. They laid this officer on the
| ground before me, limp bound hand and foot.
Hello, said, what's this? Cut him loose
His bonds were cut. -. uu
Take a chair. What's the matter?' Well
| before he had said twenty words could see that
| the man was mad. He was perfect lunatic
| listened TO him quietly till he had finished his
| story. Then noticed that one OF the men had o
bandage round his head. said: what's the
| matter with you?"
| He undid the bandage and showed me the noe
| tl,ronph his temple Then L heard the story
| That very day an escort took the officer 70 Tile
| sea. and the matter was finished.
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