The herald., 1896-09-16
Davis Didn't Like Quarters at
the Jail
MADE A BREAK FOR LIBERTY
AL the Officers Have Not Seen Him
Since
Constable Slater Loses His ONCE
Death of Stephen Smith-Doings
In the Social World
Brevities.

who with his partner McGinty, and Har-
~ jackson, has occupied the city jail
for some time past, decided this morn
ing to change his quarters. The writ
of habeas corpus which was heard In
Judge Van Dykes court yesterday IN
Davis case was decided against MIN
and he was remanded to serve tne re-
mainder of his sentence in the JAIL 10
days of the 125 having been aSreaoy
served. This morning the three men
were taken to a restaurant for breakfast
and on the way Davis made successfui
break for liberty. His escape Is largely
due to the overconfidence which OH1cer
bristol had in him. No one seems 10
have any idea which way the prisoner
ran. and tits likely that his case mas
been decided. Marshal Lacey and depu-
ties have been hunting for the escape
without finding him.
The case Of E. w. Pierce for breaking
the liquor ordinance by selling liquor az
the Tivoli restaurant, came up IN the re-
corder's court this morning ana was
again DELAYED. w. r. Bacon, counsel fof
the defense. presented an affidavit stat
Ing that his partner, Mr. Parsons, is SICK
and he is himself is engaged in an I'M
portant case in the superior court. Upon
this excuse the case was set over LOT
another week.
RETURNED FROM AFRICA.
Mr.. f. r. Burnham returned home to-
day from the scene Of his recent thrill,
ing adventures in Africa, Wnlch, as al
newspaper readers know, have made
him famous. Mr.. Burnham, the Ameri-
can scout" was one of the three super
yisors Of the Shangani patrol, the thlr-
ty-eight picked men, when they made
their last heroic stand against the
swarming hordes of savages, and after
wards 1t was he who finally dispatched
the great Mlimo, the god of these wild
people, and thus broke the backbone of
the rebellion, and soon reduced them to
terms This evening Mr.. Burnham ac-
corded to The Herald correspondent the
first interview he has given since arriv-
ing in this country. He says the inter-
views published in the New York papers
are made Of whole cloth, as he did not
see a single reporter. Mr.. Burnham has
all the modesty which seems character
istic of the man who has often carried
his life in his hands, as 1t were, and ne
talks very little about himself. While
he is but 81 years old he has beeh en-
gagged in seven campaigns in South AZ
rica and has done distinguished service
in special scouting duty. The most dra-
matte incident of the whole Matabele
war was the dispgtching of the god
M'iimo, or in reality witch DOCTOR
whose word was law among the savages
and at whose instigation the war was
begun against the English. The most
accurate and authentic account is pub
lished in Mr.. Burnhams official report
of the matter, addressed to His Honor,
the Administrator" Lord Grey, at Bull
awayo, as follows: "Sir: 1 have the
honor to report that on the information
l., Arok ,fcc{n v~v1o
strong and laid before me here, we be-
lieved it was possible to get into the
Matoppo and get M'limo in his cave. 1t
was found there was to be big Indaba
about the full Of the moon, and almost
with certainty he would be there some
time previous. After several attempts
that were failures, on the 23d of the
month we succeeded in catching the
Mlimo in the act of going through his
incantations in the cave. Our orders
from General Darlington were to cap
ture him If possible, but on no account
to allow him to escape us. We were sur
rounded by Katfirs in all directions. The
ground is very rough-huge granite
kopjes and boulders and dongas. We
hid our horses as near the cave as 1t was
possible, and with great difficulty got
ourselves into the cave. M'limo was
going through a preparatory Indaba
this day, and the women and old men
were carrying DGCT dIlu uIGuSllS IOT tIl6
big Indaba to come off the next day.
The Impi was supposed to be behind
the big granite hill. Just as M'limo had
finished his dances in the smaller crew
ices and pathway leading to the main
entrance, and was starting into the main
cavern, 1 shot him with a Lee -Metford
rife, killing him instantly. We left his
body at the entrance to the big cave.
He is man 60 years old, with short
hoir NJ xx,ifh
any snake skins, charms nor any of the
ordinary equipment of the witch doctor,
neither had he any article Of white man
ufacture Of any kind. He Is not a
Ringkop; he is a Makalaka. His features
are rather aquiline for a negro; very wide
between the eyes. His skin Is more red
than black. Immediately after killing
him we rushed down the side Of the
mountain. Just at the foot there Is a
large kraal of over hundred huts.
built on waving grass, no dagga being
near 1t. The huts are conical with low
doors, and were used as temporary abid-
ing places by the people coming to hold
fndabas with Mlimo. We fired these
huts. The wind blowing strongly
against the kopje carried a huge sheet
Of flame and volumes Of smoke far over
the top. The Kaffirs saw us. and shouted
and shrieked as we got to our horses.
For two hours we were hotly pursued
and were nearly exhausted. Forum
ately the Kaffirs abandoned the chase
after we crossed the Shasani river, We
arrived at Mangwe at $3.50 D. m would
say that all the trails leading to this cave
have been worn and beaten down several
inches in depth by the constant travel
this year. The dust on. al. .the trails is
an inch or more In depth, showing that
this was the great KonSa place for the
whole country"
II have the honor to be, sir, your most
obedient servant
49,. "F. r. BURNHAM."
This modest narrative tells the prin.
cipal points in the matter. The method
of attack decided upon by M'linna was
that each servant was to kill his master
all on q certain day, throughout the
whole country. Had it not been that
a few hot headed ones were a little
premature, the plot would have sue
ceeded. The attack had been planned
for q year ahead. Many of the young
men were in the queens service al
the time, SO that 1t was
in reality a mutfny. Mr.. Burnham SAYS
that these people are In their way thor
ough savages. That they had held theil
rule by bloodshed, and because the Brit
ish enforce law against murder and
cattle stealing and other practices OF
like nature they rebelled. The first man
murdered was an American-an old
man who was very peaceable and quiet
then they fell upon others. John and
Aomee Black (Nr. Burnham's brothers