The Delta independent., 1890-11-11

STANLEY VS.. ehRTELoT.
Stanley States Some Reasons for His
Censure of the Rear Column.


Henry NJ. Stanley, accompanied by
his wife and mother-in-law, Mrs. Ten
nant, arrived in New York on the 9th.
He was promptly interviewed in regard to
the attacks made upon himself by some Of
the London papers, and explained at some
length his reasons for censuring the
officers in charge of the rear column dur
ing the recent journey across Africa. He
said:
"Bartelot was shot on July 10 and l ar
rived on the scene on August II, therefore
did not sec the deed, nor did l witness
the causes which led to it. The whole
and sole cause was the violent temper Of
the major. Bartelot had just come from
Nyanza and was in camp where the rear
guard had camped before. HIS very pres
ence seemed to str up the natives in camp.
He demanded sixty men from the Arab
chief as couriers, when he had already had
all that was necessary. The chief told
him that he could not give them to him Tor
hey We're not to be found. He threatened
him with reporting his denial and again
demanded the men and then complained to
Bonny. Bonny told him he had enough
men already, aud that if he put the fifteen
loads of rifles in their hands they could go
ahead and protect themselves. That was
on July IL. He went TO the Arab Chief
and beat him with cypress stick and
left him in horrible condition.
Early on the morning of the 18th Bar
teiot was awakened and disturbed by loud
singing and By beating of drums. He sent
bis sergeant to find out who made the
noise. The sergeant reported that he
could not find out who was responsible for
it, He sent his little boy Soulti, who re-
ported that a woman was singing and the
men were drumming, which is the African
custom Of saluting the rising sun. Bar
telot said with an oath that he would
shoot the first one that refused TO stop the
noise, and suiting the action to the word
he took down his revolver and marched
out He found near the chiefs house the
woman who was the chiefs wife. She
was singing and the men drumming. He
told the woman 10 stop and the woman
looked at him in a defiant way and kept
on, for all the natives hated him. He thes
struck her and kicked her. She screamed,
aud her husband who was in the hut but
i've yards away cleaning his gun, looked
out of loop hole and seeing Bar,elo:
abusing his wife he put his gun through
the loop hole and fired, killing Bartelo;
instantly. The murderer was u chief.
The reporter asked If there was any ac-
cusstion against Bartelot, as is generally
supposed, Of immoral conduct with tie
chiefs wife.
"No," was Stanley's quick reply. al
never said such thing as that nor inti-
mated it. There was no immoral actions
OF any of the men SO far as known.
"The log book in camp, signed by Bar;e
lot, Jameson, Bonny and Ward was sim
ply one long account of remorseless fog
ging and inhumanity. One man had ar
ulcer seven inches in diameter that was
fail OF maggots caused by severe beating.
Bnrtelot even kicked his little boy Sou.i
whom he himself said was an interesting,
quaint little boy, aEd from the injuries he
died.
"when the advance column left the rear
when l returned to it there were only
sixty men, and forty OF these could not
walk.
Mr.. Stanley. when he rcturns to Eng
land, will bring an action Of libel against
Bartclot's brother in order to sift the mat
ter 10 the bottom, 30 that the world may
Judge. He has Hospital Sergeant Ben
ner's diary, but would no; make i, public
at present