Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-25

riors OF tho disasccr snas ths British hAa
sustained at Khartum.
For a week" says Mr.. Coyls, II was
beside myself with alarm for Neufeldt, but
for somo six months after that IL was
promised that, with new and fresh troops,
the British would soon sweep down into
tho Sudan, and our comrades would bo
rescued from their slavery. This dolusiye
hope cheercd mo for Il long time. When
the engineer corps was ordered 10 Cairo,
knew we would soon leave Egypt, while
the captiyes from our forces were 10 be
left 10 their fate In tho hands Of the mahdi
was mt my wits end TO know what 10 do
II got discharge from tho service and
with tho little money / had left went back
on my own responsibility up the Nile as
far as Berber. Ny object was TO be az near
In civilization as possible to the outposts
Of tho country Of the mahdi.
"It would take volume to tell all that
did In Berbcr and Metasumeh on the
Nile during 1885 and 1880 I'm my efforts To
get news to and FROM Neufeldt. Three
times In two years j heard from him
through escaped slaves. He was kept In
heavy chains for months and had lived In
filth and squalor as a hostler among the
mahdi's camels."
In 1887 Mr.. Coyle became convinced
that, single handed and alone, he could
| never do his friend any good by remaining
In Berber. 1t seemed TO him then that the
only way to accomplish his end was TO In
terest capital In behalf Of the captive and
that perhaps an escape from bondage
might be made through the slave trade In
the Sudan. So he worked hard and saved
money enough TO go back to England
There he found little or no interest In the
story he told OF the slavery Of his friend
After more months OF work he came to
America. Coyle went to California I'm tho
summer OF 1888 He knew OF several Eng
lish friends who were In Los Angeles coun-
ty, and he knew there was large number
Of rich Englishmen In the state. This
seemed a grand field in which to earn
money and ut the same time interest peo-
pie In his plans for the liberation of Dr.
Neufeldt and others.
Financial disaster overcame Mr.. Coyle
and he was Obliged to alter his mode Of
livelihood several times In 1891 no inter
ested Claude u. johnson, then well to do
young newspaper writer and business man
In Pomona, in his cherished scheme.
johnson and Coyle went to Cairo i'm
June, 1891, but found that 1t was utterly
impossible to go up the Nile, or indeed to
proceed for any distance from Cairo, be-
cause Of the cholera that was ravaging that
region. The authorities threatened imme-
date arrest and punishment If their laws
against going out into the Arab districts
were disobeyed. Six months were spent in
waiting in Cairo for favorable time to
move up the river, but it all came to
naught. The travellers came back to Po-
mona, and from that time TO this Coylc
has been as busy as ever planning another
trip.
81 don't want to tell just now, - said he
"who has agreed to go with me to Cairo
and will furnish the thousands Of dollars
that will be necessary to carry out the plans
l have developed. Briefly however, our
plans are as follows: We will have fund
of from 81, 600 to $40, 900 at our disposal.
Some time between this and July we shall
start from New York for the Sudan.
There we will consult with several of my
former army comrades who have lately
hean i'm lower T0vnt and learn from than