Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-11-13
STANLEY CONTROVERSY.
Some of the Charges Made Agalns
BartteIot and jameson.

Some of the Charges Made Against
BartteIot and Jameson.
LONDON, Nov. a-Mr. Barttelot says
that Stanley's account OF his brothers
death is completely at variance with
JGmesons account and Sorga's conyic-
tion.
Sorgas defense was that Barttelot
was about to strike his wife, and as the
Manyema penalty for murder is merely
pecuniary, Sorga needed no further PROV
ocation Bonny did not appear until
after the scene. and If Stanley depends
on the accounts OF the Manyemas he
must remember that they we're relatives
of tho murderer Barttelot's severity
was necessary under the circumstances,
and only the same as that to which
| Stanley was accustomed to resort
/ Barttelot declares that Stanley only
raised the question in order to throw
/ dust in the eyes Of the public, and that
/ he is quite ready to meet him in a court
OF law and diyulge every thing Ho
I also declares that it has been clearly
I proved that his brother met his death
while carrying out Stanley's instruc-
tions to the letter.
Barttelot says that although the expe-
dition was composed of feeble men and
the worst characters and was in misera-
BILE condition through famine and in
activity the mortality was less than in
Stanleys column. The offense punished
with 800 lashes was desertIon, not theft.
and Soudrs death occurred long after
Ma jor Barttelot's. lie quotes from
Darkest Africa" Stanley's inquiry Of
the natives, who disproved the charges
OF cruelty and distinctly stated that the
mortality was only due to bad and in
sufficient food. Barttelot was absent
from June "a to July II and was killed
July 10, therefore he could not have
been responsible for the decentralization
Of the camp Nothing could have been
worse than Stanley's leaving Nelson
and party twenty-three days without
food which action resulted in the death
Of forty-seven of them
The Times this morning prints a
three column article signed Stanley
which Stanley dictated to its New York
correspondent In this Stanley accuses
MAJOR Barttelot Of persistent and vim
diStive cruelty to plunder his command
which directly led to his death STAN
lev says that he himself would have
acquitted the murderer. He adds that
Barttelot entertained and expressed the
widest and most unfounded suspicious
which extended to the belief that STAN
lev would not hesitate to poison Bartte-
lot and had formed a design 70 abandon
the expedition and carry out his own
projects with the connivance OF jane
son and Tippoo Tib. He accuses jane .
son Of having purchased a girl for the
sole purpose OF having her murdered so
that cannibalistic scene might be fur
nished for his sketch book. Stanley
admits that the information was OBJ
tanned from Bonny, Zanzibarls, Arabs
and Manvemas The only basis he
gives for the Jameson story is that an
European showed him sketches, and
they had seen the evidence reported TO
the authorities Of the Congo State
The Times SAYS. If these charges
are tue they will compel all English
men TO oxecrate the memory Of the man
who could bring such disgrace TO his
name, family and Nation which yields
10 none in this regard for humanity and
justice We must however, admit that
the evidence IS far from complete and
as regards Jameson. the charge is de-
plorablv vague.