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Ill and Alone ho Killed rwenty-nine AZ.
saIlants-dany More Were Wounded.
Paris, Oct. 1S.-The details Of the
murder in West Africa Of Capt. Menard,
the French explorer, have at length
reached Europe. Capt. Menard started
from tho Guinea coast about year ago,
intending to travel north to the French
posts ON the Niger river, making the
same journey in the opposite direc.
tion that Capt. Binger made several
years ago, but taking rather
more southerly route, so as
to explore region along the
upper Niger, concerning which we have
al present only the vaguest ideas. Cap
tain Menard had no difficulty in reach
ing Kong, where he spent some time in
assuring the commercial relations
which Captain Binger had previously
arranged. He then turned west along
the commercial route to Sakhala. On
December . last he reached that town,
where he spent several weeks reorgan.
izing his little caravan. Accompanied
only by ten Sengalese and some native
porters, lie left Sakhala on December
20 and short time afterward reached
the district OF Chief Fakuru Bema, who
was laying siege to the revolted towp,
Seguela. The inhabitants OF this town
solicited tho help OF Sesuba, lieuten-
ant OF frances arch enemy, Samory.
Fakuru Bemba, knowing that Samory
and the French were at war, solicited
the aid OF Capt. Menard, who decided
to assist the Chief. and, with his ten
senegalese, took up position in a
fertilization near the town to which
the chief was laying siege. This was
the end OF January.
Samory's lieutenant, Sekuba, soon ar
rived, and Menard sent five OF his Sene-
ralese to protect his baggage, which
was enroute to his camp. These men
were all killed by the enemy, and the
fourteen boxes ofgoods in their posses
sion were seized. Then the chief whose
part Menard had taken determined to
save himself aud fled, leaving Menard
to look out for himself. He was
now surrounded by hundreds OF
enemies and with only five Seneealese
under his command. He was besides
so i'll that he~ could hardly leave his
bed. He knew that escape was impos-
sible, His senegalese wished to remain
with him, but he refused to allow them
to stay. BY putting on the native cos
tune he felt certain that they could es-
cape, though there was no chance for u
white man. He therefore compelled
them to leave him before he was at
tackled.
With his revolvers and riaeshe made
desperate fight before he was finally
killed. For several hours he kept the
attacking natives at bay and killed
twenty-nine of them. How many he
wounded is not known. The sick man
was alone in his Notifications and every
time the enemy came within range he
killed some Of them. AT last they con-
trived to set fire to the building, and
when the roof was burning over his
headhe was obliged to leave or perish
in the flames
Suddenly opening the door, he rushed
out, firing at every step. He dashed
across some 800 feet Of ground and
reached q stream of water, into which
he was about to leap when he was shot
in the back and mortally wounded.
Some OF the natives report that he fell
into the water and was dragged out and
dispatched by his pursuers. Others
say that he shot himself dead after re-
ceiving the wound. samory's lieuten.
ant cut off his head, and the body, head
and baggage were sent to samory.
Menard was only thtrty-one years OF
age. 1t was hazardous attempt for
him to try to cross with so small an es-
cort country which he knew was dis
turbed by war.