The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-14
Assad farran Tells the Frightful
: Story Of Jameson's Realistic
Picture Drawing.
Purchasing q Young Girl and Turn
ing Her Over to the Gam
nibals.
Tied to a Tree, Butchered and Torn Limb
from Limb to Please an
@t Artist.

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finding food scarce, employed armed Sou.
danese to attack the neighboring villages
but found them deserted. He then had re-
course to capturing native women and de-
mandinR food for their ransom. Bonney
did the same. Assad relates how Barttelo,
daily ordered men to be given from Is te
100 lashes for various offenses. He speak,
OF numerous cases of the stealing of food
the thieves being punished with 100 or more
lashes until their flesh was torn. In one
case Barttelot ordered the punishmen,
stopped, but when the victim recovered
somewhat he was given 150 more lashes and
then compelled to walk ten hours in the sun
daily. heavily chained. This continued two
months, when the victims sores became
maagoty. Barttelot then relieved him TO,
a week, and Doctor Bonney gave him metli.
cine. after which the punishment of march
ing in the sun was resumed. The man
finally decamped. but was recaptured and
shot. Assad says the officers had plenty Of
food, but the men in. camp were starving
and dying daily. ..Often," he says, 1--WE
asked the major to issue little old rotten
rice to make soup for invalids, but this waa
impossible. The camp became miserable
sight, yet none Of the officers appeared to
care" Assad refers particularly to Ward
and Troup, saying they seemed content,
having everything they wanted, and were
disciplined to march.
Referring to the Jameson incident Assad
says Jameson expressed to Tippoo Tib the
curiosity of Witnessing cannibalism, Tip
poo told Jameson he had better purchase
slave. Jameson then paid six handker-
chiefs for ten-year- old girl. The girl
was then taken to the cannibals, the chief
telling them she, was present from d
white man who wanted to see her eaten.
The girl was tied to a tree, then one Of the
natives stabbed her in the abdomen. Shs
was soon dead. Then the natives Cut her
up. Some took the legs arms and other
portions to their huta. while others took
the entrails to the river and washed them,
Jameson in the meantime making rough
sketches Of the horrible scene: Then he
went to his camp, where he finished the
sketches IN water colors. Assad then de-
scribes the officers going to Stanley
Falls at the end of May. He tells Of
Jameson's anger at the quarrel of
BarttelOt with Selin Mahomed and Of the
anxiety of both to seek or discover whether
Stanley was dead or in prison, as rumored,
Barttelot, believing that it he could relieve
Stanley from imprisonment he would be
made colonel. Assad further says Jame-
son was proud of his cannibal sketches and
showed them to all officers.
B0nney also makes further statement
This morning to the effeot that the cannibal
incident was the cause of the death of both
Jameson and Barttelot. Assad told the
Congo state authorities and they. excited
over the incident, sent his affidavit to
Europe. Barttelot, learning Of this, became
terribly excited. for fear he would be
blamed, and Bonney says he ascribes the
violence which led TO Barttelot's death to
this cause. Bonney believes Barttelot
was becoming insane through privation and
hat the ,cannibal incident was the last
straw, and that he can hardly be held re-
,ponsible for his actions thereafter. Jane.
ION also became uneasy and hurried to the
,oast to try and stop the report, and Bon
1ey believes his worry brought on the fever
hat killed him. Bonney rather excuses
Jameson on the ground Of his being All en-
,husiastic naturalist, and says he failed to
:ealize the seriousness of the act. Bonney
relates an incident of Jameson securing the |
lead of negro who had been shot bv an
Arab. II was salted and sent to London,
where it was stuffed. It was afterwards in |
he possession of Mrs. Jameson. Accord |
ng to the Cologne Gazette, DR.. Schwein-
urth heard the Jameson story from Assad |
n person and is convinced of its truth.
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