The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23

The body Of a man who had been cru
Gifted, and who had survived the ordeal
and lived for years afteTWard, left Taco
ma Wash, the other day for interment a
Salt Lake City. The remains were those
Of DR. William Bredemeyer. who years
ago was crucihed by an Uncivilized tribe
i'm Burmah India. The burial at Salt
Lake City was by the side Of his first
wife, Annie May Savery-AI earyone-Ev-
ans says the Chicago Times. His second
wife, born Miss Penelope AIcVickar. ac-
companied the body, which was escorted
to the train by members of sixteen fra
ternities, including 100 women, who were
members of Rebekah lodges, and the
Pocahontas of the order of Red Men,
and the Pythian Sisters.
Dr. Bredemeyer was great fraternity
man. He was a member Of nearly every
secret order in existence, and had he
lived a week longer he would have per
fected the organization in Tacoma of the
Heptosophs But paralysis carried him
off, and with his right hand peacefully
over his breast as he lay in his coffin the
jagged scar left by those who crucifed
him could plainly be seen. Hundreds
saw the scar, and thought it dreadful
sight
The right-hand scar was not as long
as the left-hand one by an inch. Both
were between the bones Of the thumb
and forefnger, in the thickest part of
the palm. The left-hand scar was two
and a half inches long. and on both
sides Of the hand the scars stood out
! like miniature mountain ranges COM
pared with the size of the hands. The
| serrated top ridges Of the ugly marks
were white and pronounced, like snow
capped peaks.
When Bredemeyer was crucified there
was no anuseptic surgery to kill the
putrefying microbes in the air while the
wounds were being treated. and thus
avoid irritation and unsightly scars.
! For twenty-four hours after he was cru
/ Gifted he received no treatment of any
kind. When the wounds were dressed
! he was unconscious, and for several
days it was thought he would die
Bredemeyer was a quiet, uncOmmuni-
catiVe Prussan. Members Of his family
! and his close friends knew of his cruel
I hNion. but Tacoma people were i'm absO-
lutte ignorance Of the facts until Brede-
meyers record OF his own life was found
among his papers after his death.
He was a graduate of the university
! of Bonn, and had previously qualified
/ as a member OF the Prussian pioneer
| engineer corps. That was in 1862. The
| next year he entered the Dutch-India
/ service as a mining engineer and eX-
! pert and advanced step by step in his
! chosen profession until in 1868. when
! the king of upper Burmah made him
! chief engineer OF the famous ruby mines
in the northern part of the country.
Bredemeyer had headquarters at Me
! dea, in the ruby mine district. where big
sapphires are also found. The mines are
! ioalously guarded and all the precious
J stores belong TO the king. From the
ruby and sapphire harvest the king real
I ICES from $4,000 To $4,000 a year
North Of Medoa i'm the lofty mountains
! there were some ruby mines which the
/ king had not had prospected by such an
eminent expert as Bredemeyer. In fact.
no white man had ever ventured into
the mountains Of the north, where dwell
the half-civilized Sngphos, who. while
recognizing the authority of the king.
were unruly and barbaric.
! Bredemeyer's advent was the signal for
great excitement among the Singphos
! They had never seen a. white man, and
Notwithstanding Bredemeyer proclaimed
his mission under authority OF the king.
| the Singphos were not satisfied. Their
| cupiditv got the better of their loyalty:
| they thought more Of their rubies and
sapphires than they did OF the kings
| mandates They decided to cruelty the
white man ~ he did not fee from the
country.
A handful OF soldiers were with Brede-
| never. In all the country. which then
| had $500 900 inhabitants, The king had
/ but $4,000 soldiers. The Singphos were
! not afraid of them. Bredemeyer refused
/ 10 leave the country until ne had car
| ried out the orders OF the king. The
| Slngphos declared war. The soldiers
went into ambush. only 20 treacherously
surrender the mining expert when the
natives swooped down upon them.
While the soldiers were skurrying
about for reinforcements The natives