The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-11-06
STANLEY'S INSINUATIONS.
STORY OF SAMOA THE SAVAGE.
The Manner of Major Barttelot's Murder
and What Caused Il.

London, Oct 3O.-The New York Hsrqidr,
European edition publishes this mornino
The following interview from its Brussels cor.
respondent: / have just had an interview
with the Belgian Lieutenant Baert. who was
Tippo Tbs secretary at the time ofthe Emin
relief expedition. He was a frequent visito,
at Barttelot's camp and was president at the
Stanley Falls court martial which tried
Sanga, Barttelots murderer.
Lieutenant Baert says that Stanley's state.
ment that any English jury would have nc.
Quilted Sanga seems to be an impeachment
of the court mariials fairness. The rea,
fac is that during the trial Sanga himselfal.
legged no other motive for numbering Bar,ta.
lot than that Barttelot being disturbed dur.
ing the night Of July II by Manyem,
musical revels-which lac had strickly for.
bidden-issued from his tent, where Bonnv
also slept and discovered that the noise was
made by Sanga's wife, lie raised stick
against her whercupon Sanga, in unr,o.
medtated anger, thrust gun against Bar.
telot's breast and fired He was 80 close that
BarttelOts clothes were found burned on hi,
body. This was the version Of all the eve
witnesses, corroboratcd 10y Sanya himsclr.
SUFFICIENT PRoyoc4TIoN.
The savage needed no stronger motiye
than the aforesaid slight provocation IN
murder Barttelot because he expected thl.
according 20 Manyema customs. lac Womb
not be sentenced to more than pccunia-v
penalty for taking another mans life. Th,
impression was SO much ingrainod in Sanra's
mind that when he learned he was really
going 10 bc shot he shricked and swoonel.
Lieutenant Bacrt adds that this is truthful
account of the trial as recorded by himself
an d his fellow judges, Captain Haneuse and
Bodson, and embodied in an official report
which can be found in the Congo states
archives.
Staney's insinuation that Sanga wa, i'm
PEELED by greater aud foulcr proyocations
may rest upon secret reports, which he prob.
ably believed true, but which are shown TO
be false by Sangl's own confession.
BARrTELor's REPUTATION.
Among his own European officers Bari,.
eliot had enemies who may casily-Tar,,,l
being dead--haye blackened his characer
One thing, however, must be said in all iu,.
tioe. Baritelot, although he was a real gen.
teman and splendid officer who carried
bravery to the pitch Of rccklessncs,, was
greatly dislikcj because of his IN temper.
impatience and intolerance toward the ma.
tives and Arabs.
81 witnessed all his negotiations with Tip.
po Tib regarding the reinforcement pro-
missed by the latter to Mr.. Stanley lie con.
stanty spoiled them by his intractabe char.
acter, and thereby really brought about bis
own disasters. Once his own officers slept
with their reyolvers under their pillows,
fearing each other Barttelot having set them /
all at logger II is also whisper,
~ IN. apo.r
black followin, ~ having some Of ''w
shot for slight offences between Yam .ya
and Banalya the day before the murden
will not youch for the truth Of the latter re
port.
BARTTELors TpEMONiTIoNs.
at Is perfectly true that Stanley himself
would certainly have overcome all the diff
eulties to which Barttclot succumbed
through his impetuousncss. As matter Of
fact, Barttelot knew his unpopularity and
forsaw his fate He spoke of i: with mag
nihcent courage and coolncss. Dining
with me at Stanley Falls just before starting
to Join Stanley, he said; These are the last
pancakes shall ever eat, | am doomed to
be killed
81 asked, why don't you carry a revolver
instead ofasimple stick?'
"'Because shall surely be shot or stabbed
from behind; therefore revolver is use
less
Weighing all this lieutenant Haert ex-
presses the certainty that Stanley can prove
nothing impcaching Barttelot's honor, al
though the reports furnished TO him by
Troup and Bonny or others may lead him to
believe in good faith that he can.
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