, 1890-11-11
BRUTAL BARTELOT.
Bonny Tells of the Majors
Cruelty to the Natives.
John Henry, a Mission Boy,
Given 300 Lashes.
A Girl Killed and Her Body
Distributed and Eaten.

LONDON, Nov. I0.-The Times this
morning publishes a three column signed
statement from Mr.. Bonny.
The writer opens by regrettinR that
Bartelot's brother has forced the dis
closure of a painful story. Benny says
that Stanley only heard OF the poisoning
suspicious from him on the 10Th of last
October IN the course of a conversation on
Bartelot's book.
Bonny testifes that when Bartelot aud
Jameson, after questioning Arabs belong
ing to SANKEY'S previous expedition as 10
the fate OF Pocock and others, expressed
the opinion that Stanley would poison
anybody, he admitted that rumors to that
effect were current IN Europe, but nothing
was ever proved against Stanley. Bar
telot n Jameson agreed not to partake
of his hospitality.
Benny confirms the report that Bartelot
asked him for a tasteless poison with
which TO remove TIppoo Tbs nephew,
Sellm. with whom he had a quarrel.
Bonny pretended to search tor such
poison, but hid all the p%oisons. He then
told Bartelot, who was angry, that he had
procured cyanide OF potassium, but re-
iected as useless for the purpose on &C
count of its salinity. Bartelot did not
make further attempts to poison Sellm.
Benny confirms the statement hat Bar
telot deliberately bit a The
, major, he says fastened his teeth in the
woman's cheek, not in her shoulder as
stated. For this Bartelot would have
been lynched had not Bonny rescued him.
Benny says that 1t is quite true that the
major grinued feroclously at the natives,
and Il at he prodded them with a steel
pointed staff. He has not the slightest
doubt that the boy Soudi died from the
effects of a kicking given him by Barte-
lot.
mission boy, John Henry, who spoke the
English, Arabic and ZANZIBAR languages
and acted as interpreter, died from the
effects of 300 lashes. After Bartelot
logged him he feared to return because
he had sold Bartelot's revolver 10 pro
cure food. The major recaptured the
boy and threatened to cut his ears off or
to shoot him. Benny protested when
the major had the boy publicly sentenced
to be shot, not intending to carry u the
sentence. The whole company threat
ened to desert if the sentence was car
ried out. Bartelot then exclaimed: by
God, I'll give him 300 iashes." -Four
S~oudanese. each one over six feet in
height, were selected to give seventy five
lashes each. Henry became insensible
after receiving thirty lashes. His body
swelled to twice its natural size and he
died in twenty-four hours.
Benny tells ofthe unprovoked stabbing
Of the chief Unguna by Bartelot, an Incl.
dent which Stanley has not mentioned
but which Benny says Troup can confirm.
"On the 18th, says BonnY, the boy
Soudi was kicked by Bartelot and | saved
the major after he had bitten. the woman.
On the same night he prodded a Man
yema, a friend of Sangas, thirty times
and finished by beating put the mans
brains. Again | was obliged to fight to
save his life. | was only able to keep the
natives back by knockin down Bartelot
myself and pretending to punish him.
He believed that the man he killed had
fired at our house on the previous night,
but there was no proof of that. He &C
cupied my house because nobody would
give him one. The firing continued
throughout the night as an expression of
hatred. The only wonder is that we were
not both killed.
Bonny admits that combined action
might have succeeded, but the relations
Of the officers were too strained and a
single written protest would have made
the professor a marked man. aud it was
no slight matter to incur Bartelot's dis
like.
Benny declares he has no doubt OF the
correctness of Jameson's story. Jameson
showed him the sketches of the cannIbal
istic scene and described it in detail. Six
sketches are now in the possession Of
Jameson's widow. They represent the
tying up. killing and carving of the girl,
the distribution OF the fish to the ma
tives, sciamblinR for the pieces, aud the
cooking and feasting. Benny declares
that he told Bartelot's brother of the
whole proceeding. and that had he pub
lished the complete diane, they would
have thrown much light on the affair.
He says in conclusion that he can only
believe that Bartelot was insane. He
wrote to this effect in 1888 to Sir Walter