The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-13
NOT EATEN BY sAYA0Es.
pr. Lynch's Friends Quite Positivo Iio is Alive and Well.

,,i. Auvo and Well.
 From tho Bridgeport stsndardl
 The many friends of Dr. F. B. Lynch,
 who on August ls. 1893. left this city for
 the mouth Of the Congo In Africa, to
 become a missionary. feel confident
 that there is no truth in the report that
 Dr. Lynch was killed and eaten by can
 nibals while on tour in the interior of Africa. A.,.,. , His trip. after leaving New York,
 through England and Scotland. and
 then across Europe for the African
 continent, must have taken between
 three and four months. not including
 his journey to the spot where 1t was
 intended to start his mission. which
 would have occupied some weeks
 longer. He arrived safely. with his wife and
 few other white people. and started a
 small colony about five miles from the
 mouth of the Congo. and opposite a
 settlement of German traders. known
 as Banana. It Is gleaned from letters
 which Dr. Lynch wrote to friends in
 Connecticut at regular intervals, that
 immediately upon his arrival lie set to | work building houses for himself and
 those who were to share his exile among the savage tribes of Africa.
 This work was completed with but little trouble. the natives being very friendly and offering all the aid in
 their power: while in return. Dr. Lynch.
 who for nearly fourteen years had
 worked steadily to fit himself to be- come a missionary, and who had care. fully studied medicine, set up hospit- | al and dispensary, where he treated | the natives for all sorts of diseases.
 By his kind treatment. aided by Mrs.
 Lynch. who taught school of na-
 tives, these simple hearted Africans
 were completely won over to the doctor
 and his wife, and the letters which pr.
 Lynch has written to his friends in
 this city show that these natives did | all in their power to aid him. '"''' The last letter which was received from the station was dated January 26, 1894. In it pr. Lynch spoke of the friendly relations existing between himself and the natives and gave de- scription of the dispensary and hospit- al, together with the mission school, and Dr. Lynch said he found it almost l impossible to spare from his labors | even time enough to write.
 Thic 1affor Ia ba ,oIo%io, ,,-o~ | which these friends base their denial
 that Dr. Lynch met his death at the hands of natives in the interior.
 It is argued that, although pr. Lynch
 was, quick at languages, it would take | him at least year to learn the tongue l of the tribe among which he worked, | and that, in journey inland, where | the inhabitants consist of wandering l tribes, an interpreter would be abso- lutely indispensable, as there might be | as many as thirty different dialects l spoken within radius of one hundred
 miles of the station. '',>S pr. Lynchihad not money to pay such l an interpreter, and 1t. is extremely | doubtful If the society by which he
 was sent out would send him the ne- cessary amount for this purpose, Be sides Dr. Lynch knew that the intertor
 was filled with hostile tribes, and his
 friends feel confident that, nothing would haveled him away from the mis- l sion at so early date.
 The purpose of this mission was part ly to have place, upon high ground, | where the missionaries in the Interior could come to recuperate. '''s'" - Letters have been written to tlie board o6 missions at Boston, by which Dr. Lynch was sent out, asking. if there had been any word received lately from him. and letters have also been written to his wife's parents In. New Jersey to see if they had heard from them. While the friends of pr. Lynch feel confident that he still lives and works among the natives, the answers to these letters are awaited with an in- terest amounting almost to anxietx c~-