Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-06
DoUuTS EMlN'S DEATH.
Dr. Carl Peters Not willing TO Believe
Missionary swans story.

Missionery swans story.
M, telegraph to the DispatchD
Ct1ICAGO. Sept. 5.-Dr. Carl Peters
the African explorer and German coinniis-
s,oner to East Africa, who has peeh III
o., CITY for several days, was shown ias'
nirht the cablesram announcing 'Ae
,.ort brought by Missionary swan from
I-vii Of the decapitation of Emih fasha oS
,,,hs and the eating Of his body by can
u..,s pr Peters was the last white man
- 400 Enin. which was in 1890 near the
Victoria Nyanza, when Emin starteu 0"
80. northwestern route through Africa
to the west. uor+ NJ
oI am not ready to accept the report r.,n oi
rDin Pasha's death sald the uoO1o.' ,.. =
80. c,,.,n's account differs from the prev
VI - tn that IL processes TO give ue-
N bnt TO my mind that IS no eNlueiOo
-, lot Africa last May. when W,ii'i Wouiu
,t.,,,t tho time that Mr.. swan Ieit CJJI
- ,tn coast authoritiye Information h'9
IN received that Emin "dS
l',oII,, with the Arabs on the poI
-, ~ the country. awaiting supplies anu
~ 90 discharge his obligations am
,at,,rn TO the coast. The only lh'ns Ia th,
eu,.n's interview that Wou.u com, 49, ~
,o,ort IS the fact that Emln Is III Ni,'''s 20
mas country, and the Many '''''''
'%iI1,,SN Ii1WD0N. Sept. 5.-The Rev "A -
-. tns I-iU missionary, VINO Ses'V,
1s,. made public an account Va '-tii this
En,,o,s death. said in an interVie" 'h'S
ii'oI 81 ',,, unable TO give all the actual IN
.,,luts ~ DIR. Emin's death. Inc moi .'
,t,,c made public by me yes'G'uaE ,,r(er %
,,,,od about all the details Oh llo i'''
as | learned them. 49,. Arab hos
uTbe immediate cause Oh Vic - ta had
tiltv TO Emin was tneT pe,'S' tba stan
hanged summarily SIX Arao9 ,.,,,a thev
h"ns - - Victoria Nyanza because my
le, - 90 barter with him. Ihs SUI
- ,,a,,cr denied and was acceP'eH o.
,rue even by the Europeans, .,.o, SON
."t-ba, T,min was murdered ne was sop
"a sroro his caravan and was tIaN
oi,,,s, vim thirty NUbian iolloMe,o to,h,
ei''e W, coast I'm order that ne ihls"'
..o,1 the eastern Arabs VINO nc asoS
60 on his track He hau pa,,cb
,tro,,eb Ruanda and he follower " std
of the Congo until he a'i''eN
Bin Abed's. ,.,, ot the time of
iheIoSo- heIo The incident was OF the
,ile g., dnrotion. The actual murucIe'
"' ,.,,,cs Arab with whom eii' pei
"o9 ocouainted He Is "a son Vi
eonai1y l,l!..o,,,s old Arab friend whom , the
LiN,ilS ~ that region round the lake can
%hi''1 ,Hld 'Tanganyika N Beyond doubt h9'h IN hs .
Ol1 ,aS eaien' as were the bodies OF ms
to,,ow"rs, oJII All the heads were STUCK ,Sa on
80 and were naraded about as ID "'N
custom ameag the Manyemas' no,s-
.eThcse people are notorious cS" nMr,nc
in fact will eat anythins nuii,'', ,i, - PeIgian
..sr,,.er l..S of the European colony. an NJ
mem iI'e,l,Se for him was futile. We learned
setivn ,+,h,,ng Of his fate until a Belgian parry
fo,n6 the fingers OF European IN a
,oul,~ ,Ie,,,'o,,s cook not. Inquiry showed tnat
,be [1' Manyemas had kidnapped and k'lleu
him. A Belgian force at once talIeu va va
Nanvema country routed the ArapS nnre a"e
destroyed the Manyemas village "H'''
| their comrade had been eaten