The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-28

out the orders of the king. The Sing
phos declared war, The soldiers went
INTO ambush, only TO treacherously sur
render the mining expert when the ma
yves swooped down upon them.
Whne the soldiers were sCurrying
acout for re-infercements, the natives
nailed Bredemeyer to a cross made of
two pieces of the native oil-wood. Crude
pieces OF iron with skarp edges and
slightly sharp at the end were brought,
and, using stones for sledges, the natives
drove the irons through Bredemeyer's
hands and feet.
The barbarians were beside themselves
with fendish fury. In their haste they
horribly mutilated the engineers toes
and fingers. Before the brutal work of
mailing Bredemeyer to the cross was
finished he became partially unconscious.
Inc shock was almost fatal The last
tnlng he remembered was the swarming
Slngphos, with their fat faces, broad
skulls, straight black hair and deep brown
skins, grinning like demons, uttering
Wild shouts and dancing and gesticulating
at the foot of the cross. Some of them
were entirely naked. having stripped off
their apparel in the hysterical excite
ment OF the capture and crucihxion of the
hated victim.
AS a rule the natives wear linen wrap
ped about their hips. These cloths are
called lngies, and as Bredemeyer lapsed
into Inconsistencies he Remembered that
the lngles of the masters of the barbaric
ceremony were besmeared with his own
blood
When Bredemeyer had been nailed to
the cross, the natives prepared to raise IL
and tasten it into the ground. AT that in
slant the soldiers happily returned with
felnforcementS and routed the natives.
breQemeVnT W. carried ha,.lr To Aip1na
The Crucifxion occurred on July l6,
1869, at about noon At noon the next day
his wounds We're dressed. The rainy sea-
son had not set in and it was very warm,
ana undertheSe unfavorable conditions it
was feared gangrene would set ill., The
sufferer was cared for tenderly, under
directions from the king and being accus-
toned to undergo great hardships, he
speedily recovered, but never again ven
tureu into the land of the Singphos
Fourteen months later, Immediately
after he married Miss Evans at Nagasaki,
he was engaged by the japanese govern
ment as mining expert, but couple of
years later on account of the ill-health of
ms wife ne removed to California rom
there he worked up into Utah, prospect
ing IN the mines, locating undeveloped
properties which it is estimated will
make millionaire of his S-year-old son,
VINO was porn TO MN bY his second wife.
From Utah Bredemeyer went to British
Columbia, and thence back to Washing
ton, three years ago, where he conducted
an assayer's Office
When his body was removed to the
morgae, attention was called to the
frightful scars on his hands and feet.
Three fingers of his left hand were gone,
and his right foot showed signs of mutt
lation, while the left foot looked as if it
had been frozen until the toes had
dropped off. His fingers and the toes of
the right foot had been Topped off by his
crucifers. The toes of the left foot were
frozen of on prospecting trip in Utah
The day of his funeral, his casket was
literally covered with fraternity badges,
the gold bullion In which was valued at
$500 He organized the Forresters and
the Rednen on the Pacific coast, and was
. honored with the highest offices conferred
by several of the secret orders in the
Pacific northwest.