Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-10
INCREDIBLE CRUELTIEs.
". Bonny Confirms Stanley's Charges
e.. Against Maj. Barttelot.

Deem corroborated by DIR. VIM Bonny, who
vs. with Barttelot and Jameson in the rear
Euard. DIR. Bonny's statement appeared in
Saturdays London Times, and was over his
signature. DR.. Benny says that he very much
regrets that he Ia Obliged to take part in the
controversy. He continues:
Had Mr.. Barttelot not placed Mr. Stanley
spon the defense this would never have been
made public. and should not now be forced
70 confirm the painful circumstances connected
with the rear column and the death of Mai.
Barttelot. As it is will confine myself simply
70 sne matter which Is now before the public,
ana Will refer only to those events to winch
can testify from personal knowledge"
Dr. Benny goes on to tell of Maj. Barttelors
pretended or real suspicious that Stanley had
poisoned his companions on former visits to
Africa and his determination not to accept of
Stanley's hospitality. DR.. Bonny then relates
Barttelots experience in seeking q drug with
which to poison Tppoo Tbs nephew He
goes on:
BIT WOMAN IN THE CHEEK
"The statement that Barttelos seized a woman
and fastened his teeth into her flesh Is quite
true, and the only mistake Mr. Stanley makes
b that il was into the woman's cheek and not
INTO her shoulder that Major Barttelot fastened
his teeth. This was one Of the occasions upon
which saved the life Of Major Barttelot, for he
would have died with his teeth in the womdn's
face had i not beaten of the crowd Of enraged
natives who started to attack the major with
their cudgels. bear upon my forehead a scar
I received in the fierce fight that followed, and
have others which show how nearly we both
lost our lives.
at is perfectly true Barttelot was in the
habit OF standing before the natives showing
his teeth and trying to frighteen them by grin
ming at them like fiend. 1t is also true that
he ran about the camp prodding people with a
steei-pointed staff and hitting about him.
About the boy Soudi there is not the slightest
doubt he died from the effects of kick in tie
leg given by Barttelot. Little Soudi was a
sturdy chap and very clever. On sew
eral occasions before he received the fatal kick
saw Barttelot stand before the boy calling
him names. showing his teeth and distorting
his face. He would turn to me and say: Now.
did you ever see such a scoundrelY and would
make other remarks and then resume his
antics.
BOY KICKED TO DEATH.
GAN this time the boy would stand motion
less before him, with eyes downcast, thor
oughly submissive. On one occasion he finished
up by hitting the little fellow a terrific blow on
the forehead with a stick, which raised lump
almost as big as a door knob. On the day be-
fore the killing Of Barttelot-thst is, the 18th
Of July. lSSS-he gave the little lad the kick
from which he never recovered. 1t is quite
true, as Walter Barttelot says, that Soudi died
after Barttelots death, but il is equally true
wat tue DOE uleO from the euectS OF tNat KICK,
as gangrene set in. and from this the lad died.
Il now come to the case of John Henry, the
mission boy who died from the effects of a
logging ordered by Barttelot. Walter Bartte-
lot says John Henry had been ordered to be
shot, but that this punishment was RENTED by
the major and fogging substituted instead at
the request Of Benny. This is only partly true.
John Henry could speak the English, Arabic
and Zanzibar languages He went with Bartte-
lott in order to act as interpreter between that
I'm fha hao
from the visit to Tippoo lib, Barttelot logged
Henry severely and left him on the road. He
forgot that he left his revolver with the boy.
John Henry, being afraid to return to camp,
went to his native village and sold Barttelot's
revolver for food He did not desert, as has
been stated, but Barttelot sent Soudanese
guards after him and he was brought back to
the camp and placed in the fguardroom. In
talking with me, Barttelot said: John Henry is
dangerous man and will shoot him.
HOW HE KILLED JOHN HENRY.
81 thought he was joking at first, but finding
he was serious took the matter up and pointed
out to the major that we were shor. Of men;
that this man was useful and that as he, the
major, could not speak q word of the language
we could i'll spare Henry. He said: If don't
shoot him will Gu: his ears off, replied:
What will people IN Europe think OF that?
Would you like to read the accounts of this in
the papersY He said he would not and then
We discussed the question as to what should be
done. pleaded for the man. but after three
days discussion the major decided that Henry
should have one hundred lsshes, nothing less
Afterward Barttelot told Henry in the pres
ence Of all the camp to prepare for death, as
he was to be shot in the morning. All the men
protested and Benny persuaded Barttelot to
give up his intention.
He replied: Then, by God. will give him
three hundred lashes, and nothing will induce
me to alter this decision On the following
morning at daylight Henry was marched out
and tied to q post. -Four big Soudanese not
one OF them under six feet in height were Sc
lected to administer the punishment Each
man was to deliver seventy-fve lashes. Henry
never uttered . sound after the first thirty
lashes, as he became insensible to pain. This
scene was the most horrible / ever saw. Nor
tifcstion set in; the mans flesh fell off in
pieces on 10 the ground and his body swelled to
twice Its ordinary size within twenty-four
hours. Henry died"
DEATH OF BARrrELor.
DR.. Benny tells how Chief Unguna was
stabbed in the shoulder without provocation
BY Barttelot He then proceeds to discuss the
circumstances leading up to Barttelot's death.
Barttelot returned to the camp on July H.
1883. having been absent since June %. His
return was the signal for general disorder and
turbulence. DIR. Benny saws: 1T was on the
18th that Soudi received the fatal kick and
that saved the majors life when he bit the
Naneyuma woman. and il was on the night Of
shos sAilc Jay that Ne the eyuma,
the comrade Of Ssvga. This man Barttelot
prodded quite thirty times with his steel
pointed cypress staff, and finished up by beat
ing the mans brains out before the eyes of all
in the village.
rIoHr AFTER THE MURDER
THE scene which followed was like that
which occurred when he hit the woman. and
again had to fight to save Barttelot's life. 1t
was only by knocking him down myself that
the natives held back, for then they thought I
meant to punish him.
maj. Barttelot's reason for killing the man
% he did was that he believed him to be the ma
tive who had shot at him and myself wi lie we
we're sitting in my house the night before. I
must say that Barttelot was obliged to live in
my house because neither the chief of the vii
lage nor any of the natives would give him q
house Of his own to live in. and il is necessary
20 state that there was no evidence whatever to
prove thst the man whom Barttelot prodded
and killed was really the native who had fred
the shot During all that night Of the 18th, as
ON the previous night, the firing Of guns was
going on sll over the village as an expression
Of the hatred in which Barttelot was held and
me only wonder Is we were not both killed.
This was the condition Of affairs on the
morning OF the 18th, when Barttelot, unable to
stop the noise and the beating Of drums is
sued from the house and was shot. was my
self Of the moment going about the village at
tempting TO quell the disturbance, and was not
tan yards from the major when he fell Though
] did not myself actually see Mai. Barttelot
fal there 10 no question - to how be died and