Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-25
ONE OF JAMESON'S TROOPERS Interviewed on the Subject of
 the Raid. JAMESON READ NO LETTER O'Dea Has Never Seen the Doctor Since Leav-
 ing Mafeking. HE THonGHT HE WAS GOING TO BE SHOT All of the Troopers Expect to Receive 100 Pounds Apiece From the British South African Company -O'Dea
 Coming to Boston.
JAMESON READ NO LETTER
HE THonGHT HE WAS GOING TO BE SHOT

London Feb. 24.-In an interview with one of Jameson's troopers named O'Dea the latter said that prior to the start of Jameson and his followers for the Trans vaal, which took place at night, O'Dea did not hear Dr. Jameson read a letter, as he is alleged to have done, but says he gathered that the purpose of the expe- dition was to protect the women and children of Johannesburg.
 O'Dea belonged to the advance troops. He did not see Dr.. Jameson after the night of their leaving Mafeling, nor has he seen him to this day. He supposes that Jameson rode in the middle of the troops The men hurried forward, rid ing at the rate of ten niles an hour, with not more than five hours rest in two days. They were sometimes able to get snatch es of sleep on horseback. They had suf- ficient rations to last them until the even ing of the second day. A party of fifty Boers met them and began a desultory fire upon them to which Jameson's fol- lowers replied. They had several skir- mishes with Beers before reaching Kru- gersdrop, where the Boers succeeded in enticing Jamesons forces from the shel- tered hillocks into the open veldt, where they themselves remained under cover
 O'Dea expressed his belief that pr. Jameson himself hoiSted the white flag. Anyway, if he did not personally hoist it, the flag was raised by his order When the Jameson party surrendered ODea still had ten rounds of ammunition and many of the others had not exhausted their supply. After the surrender, he said, the men were fairly well treated. They were taken to Pretoria, where they were corraled on the Pretoria race course. They were allowed loaf of bread and a, quarter of a pound of meat day for each man.
 At first he believed that all members of the expedition were to be shot. He heard afterwards that the Volksraad had rejected proposal to shoot them by a majority of two. Eventually the men were taken to Port Natal where they were free from the moment they went on board the Harlech Castle.
 ODea said that it was his intention to visit Boston, Mass, and later to return to the service of the British South Afri- ca company. In the course of his con- versation he alluded to several of his comrades, mentioning Cawston of New York and Morgan of Montanau. ODea gave his address as 19S Center street, Boston. Like all of the other troopers who arrived in England on the Harlech Castle he received $22 before landing and expects to receive the sum of f100 pounds in addition to this from the Brit ish South Africa company.
 Major Collins of the Lancaster regi- ment. which was brought to England by the transport Victoria, which also brought Dr. Jameson and his officers from South Africa, says that Captain Heany, an American who took part in the raid, was informed that upon his ar rival at Plymouth that he would be free to disembark He declined, however, to leave the Victoria, saying that he prefer red to remain with Dr. Jameson.
 The Standard confirms Major Collins statement that Captain Heany decided to stick by his leader Captain Heany formerly held a commission in the Rhodesian Horse. He accompanied pr. Jameson's expedition as a scout.
 Nobody on board the Victoria knew the destination of the steamer when she left Davenport and Plymouth today, but it was expected that she would be met at sea tonight when Dr. Jameson would be taken off