The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-07
BARTTELO BAD LOT
Stanley and Other Explorers
Fighting Over the Dead.
KILLED ron HITTING 4 WOMAN.
zAs CsmmasAsr q shs Rear Guardl Uss<I
clabs Lash and Rifle % xstivss-
Morrors ef HE Gasp.

Major Pond and party. STANLEY was anked %
~ eomosh1ng about the rear guard uoublao
and the Stand the London pApers have taken
since SANKEY'S dspartuss from Eneland He
aid: Il do not W1sh TO cav much about Il yet,
and have not Rad the London pagers carefully
enough TO expfem An opinion object to stir
the ma ter mp. unless am forced 70 do 90 The
log books Of the rssr guard w.re signed day by
day ~ the o11cers Of the day. BAfttslot Barre
Or ngstOn while In camp. together with the
omctal reports Of the oflcerx / am justinod BY
oil in my ceusufe Of the rear guard, which MS
the eauss Of he attack made upon me In The
book"
with Nr. stanley were his vile Dorothy ren.
nant the Engli.h artist her mother, Hamilton
Aide, = dramatisf, who will act - historian Of
the NJ, and Lieutenant J. Mounteney Jeppecn,
. fav0rito OF etaniey'A
At another interview referring 10 Barttelot ana
Lieutenant Tr0upe'e book. Stanley repeated
what he has already said IA 70 the condition Of
the rear guard wnen he r. urned from Albert
Nyansa from YambuyA He wrote q once 70
the Emfn relief committee, telling them that the
rear colum had been wrecked By the neglect
Of IT. ofhcers and their indifference to the inter.
ests Of the expedition. Referring 70 Troupe,
Stanley said tha when he got to Zanzibar oas OF
the INST things bo found wa = letter from Troupe
violently abusing Bartelot II never answered
the letter.. said etasley "because II neesed ::
tons found Il necessary to AK hin myself the
principal one being why be and others pre-
ferred to remain and stafve ct Yambuya instead
OF moving on: why they stayed until 90
many Of their mon died from disease
or had been killed. Il never could get : salts
factory answer from Bonnsy. and hoped 70 ret
one from Troupe received another letter
from him and answered IL. saying that II he
would revise II would publish 1t, q 1t con.
tanned many things for publication He was %
obstinate tnat he would not revise il and sent
II back demanding that should publish il
did not THIN Troupe wrote me threatening
letter. stating III I'll would have to be prepared
to meet su measures - he m ght zee DC to
employ TO vindicate himself. wrote him. say
Ing II he thou b he was malignrd uujastiy 70
go aheai; that could say many snings con-
nectef with the rear guard ! snould prefer 70
keep from the pahiic, bat ii he wlshsd to pub
lish everything he could do 90.
II have B0nnev'o report, Troupe's two letters
and Warts account and, more important than
al. have loebook, sienef by tao officers day
After day. Without any other evidence. that
logbook Of itself would prove that was justi.
ned in my censure Of the rear column, which
Was very mild in my letter 70 the committee
Am going to publish that logf cannot say.
think Il better to wait awhile. or until have
read Troupe's book. Bonney could relieve III
this cviticism By telling what be knows and
writing plain, simple story OF what took
p zee; how Il was that Major Bartte OF Wa
killed; how It was that these men died ike
sheep; how It was that this rear column, %
Rrandly equipped before starting, fell to rot"
Stanley this evening received several reporters
at the ho el. and t. ked Of lenesh about the oc-
ourreure In Barttel is camp The sole cause Of
the killing. he said, was the majors violent tenn.
per. Az soon - he reached camp from Ny
anza he had trouble with one Of the Arab
oh
nished. although B0nney told him he had a.
ready plenty. Barttslot heat the Arab In hor-
rtble manner with stick. Early ON the morn
ing Of July 10 he was awakened BY load singing
and the beating Of drums. Being Informed
that it was the African custom to salute the
rising sun. he said with m oath that he would
shoot the drst PRISON that refused %
stop the noise, and taking revolver went out.
Near the chiefs hat he found woman who
was singing and men drumming. The woman
was the wife Of the chief, and when Barttoiot
commanded her to cease singing she paid NO
attention. Bart eliot then struck and kicked
her. Her husband, the chief, took down his
ride and killed Barttclot on the spot From
sucn reports ~ he could obtain. Stanley said IL
appeared that Bsrsteloe made himself very dis
tasteful to the natives. He had = habit Of lldi-
cuiins them which provoked them very much
Stanley continued: For these reports don't
rely on Bonney. Both Arab aud native chiefs
went over the matter very minutely The log
book OF the camp. signed BY Bsrttelot jamie
son, Bonney and Ward, wsa simply ono long &C.
count of remorseless forging and inhumanity.
Barttelot even kicked his own attendant little
boy, and he died from the injur os inflicted One
man took piece of raw meat because he was
crazy with hunger, and for this he celved 500
lsshes. As soon as the man was abb. he ran
away, bat was captured and shot, by Barttel to
oroers."
Stanley says Bonney told him only ! abort
time ago that half the horrors that existed in
that camp are not yet known. Stsnley, when he
r turns to England. may bring an action for
libel against Bartt lots brother, In order 70 have
the matter sifted to the bottom. -.
LONDON. Now 6.-Troupe's book adds little to
the interviews already published Troupe
credits Stanley with having preconceived idea
OF the causes OF the disast er to the rear guard.
and with the rejection - untrue of any state
ments failing to at that idea. He eniarges
upon the dfmculties Of young and incl experienced
omcers like Barttelot in dealing with the willy
Tippoo lib, whom Stanley himself was hardly
able to manage, in addition to keeping control
over camp OF natives Troupe quotes . letter
from Stanley 10 Bafttelot in which Stanley ex.
pressed distrust Of Tppoo lib. Troupe says that
after seven and hall months had passed. Bart
telot aud section of the expedition were viii
ling TO try aud advance, but the remainder. in.
GLIDING himss II, dissented because Stanley had
impressed upon them the importance OF pre-.
serving the stores He repeats that Barttelot
had ample warnings of the danger he incurred
In venturing out alone. Lieutenant Troupe 10
inclined to &C use Tippoo lib OF . charge OF
treachery, and thinks the latter met with con.
siderable difficulty in collecting portera
The book c"nsiets largely Of interesting de-
tails OF the experiences of the rear column and
Troupe's correspondents with Stanley since the
return OF the expedition.
TO PROTECT INDIAN sETTLERe.