The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-25
RIDE OF JAMESONS RAIDERS.
ONE OF THE TROOPERS TELLS OF
THE DASH AMONG THE BOERs.

He Supposed the object OF the Ex-
peditiOn Was TO Protect the
Women and Children of Johan-
nesburg-He Expresses the Belief
That jameson Raised the White
Flag-The Men Fairly Well Treat
ed After Their Surrender.
Devonport, Feb. A-The steamer Vic
toria with DR.. jameson on board has sail
ed for Southampton or London. The
strictest secrecy is observed in regard to
the prisoners and nobody was allowed 10
board the ship.
London. Feb. 2l.-Maj Collins Of the
Lancaster regiment, which was brought
TO England by the transport Victoria,
which also brought DIR. Jameson and his
officers from South Africa says that
Capt. Heany. an American who took part
in the raid, was informed that upon his
arrival at Plymouth that he would be free
to disembark He declined, however, to
leave the Victoria, saying that he pre-
ferred TO remain with DIR. Jameson. The
Standard confirms Maj. Collins statement
that Capt. Heany decided to stick by his
leader. Capt Heany formerly held a
commission In the Rhodesian Horse. He
accompanied Dr. Jameson's expedition as
a scout.
In an interview with one OF DR. Jane
sons troopers named O'Dea, the latter
said that prior to the start Of DR. jane
son and his followers for the Transvaal.
which took place at night, O'Dea did not
hear DR.. Jameson read letter, as he Is
alleged to have read one, but says he
gathered that the purpose OF the expedi-
tion was to protect the women and chill
dren of johannesburg.
ODea belonged to the advanced troop.
He did not see DR.. jameson after the night
of their leaving Mafeking, nor has he seen
him to this day. He supposes that DIT.
Jameson rode in the middle of the troop.
The men hurried forward, riding at the
rate of ten miles am hour, with not more
than five hours rest in two days. They
were sometimes able 10 get snatches of
sleep on horseback. They had sufficient
rations to last them to the evening Of the
second day. party Of fifty Beers met
them and began a desultory fire upon
them, to which Dr. Jameson's followers
replied. They had several skirmishes with
Beers before reaching Krugersdorp, where
the Beers succeeded in enticing DIR. Jane
sons forces from the sheltered hillocks
into the open veldt while they themselves
remained under cover.
ODea expressed his belief that Dr.
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 O'Dea
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 corraled on
the Pretoria race course. They allowed
a loaf Of bread and a quarter of a pound
of meat a day for each man.
At first he believed that all members
of the expedition We're to be shot. He
heard afterward that the Volksraad had
rejected a 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. O'Dea said 1t
was his intention to visit Boston, Mass,
and later to return to the service of the
British South Africa Company. In the
course of his conversation he alluded to
several of his comrades mentioning
Cawston of New York and Morgan Of
Montana.
O'Dea gave his address as 1893 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 f1OO in addition to this from the British
South Africa Company.
Nobody on board the Victoria knew the
destination of the steamer when she left
Devonport and Plymouth to-day, but II
was expected that she would be met at
sea tonight, when DIR. jameson would
be taken off.