Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-25
JAMESON'S TROOPERS
IntsrYisT With Ono Of Thsu, W.
Says He Is 4 Bostonia1.
ptRrosn or rmE rAMovs nI0a.
The Hosssnian Understosd II was q
Protect the Women and ChiIdren'
of Johsnne.burs-rressm.nt ~
npers Fairly Good.
npers Fairly Good.

LONDON. February 2i.--ln an inter-
view with .one OF Jameson's troopers.
named O'Dea. the latter said that PRIOR
to the start OF Jameson and his followers
for the Transvaai. which took place at
night, ODea did not hear DIR. Jameson
read letter. as he Is alleged to have
done. but says he gathered that the pnr-
pose OF the expedition was to protect the
women and children Of Johannesburg.
ODea belonged TO the advance troop.
He did not see DIR. Jameson after The
night OF their leaving Mafeking. nor has
he seen him TO this day. He supposen
that Jameson rode In the middle Of the
troop. The men hurried forward. riding
at the rate OF ten miles an hour. with
not more than five hours rest In tvc
days. They were sometimes able to get
snatches OF sleep on horseback. They had
sufficient ratione to last them until the
evening OF the second day. party OF
fifty Beers met them, and began dcsu!-
tory fire upon them. to which Jameson's
followers replied. They had severai
sk'rmlshes with Beers before reaching
Krugersdorp. where the Beers succeeded
In enticing Jamesons forces from the
sheltered hiiiocks into the open yeldt,
while they themselves remained under
cover.
ODea expressed the belief that DR..
Jameson himself boisted the white nag.
Anyway. II he did not personally hoist Il.
the nag 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 we'll treated. They were
taken to Pretoria. where they were cor
rallied on the Pretoria race-course. They
were allowed a loaf OF bread and a quar-
ter OF a pound OF meat day for each
man.
EXPECTED TO BE SHOT.
AT first he believed that all members
OF the expedition were TO be ehot. He
heard afterwards that the voIksraad had
rejected proposal 10 shoot them by &
majority of two.
Eventually, the men we're taken to Port
Natal. where they were free from the
moment they went on board the Harlech
Castle
O'Dea said H. was his intention to visit
Boston, Mass, and later to return to the
0cifieV VI tnr Hfltirn Soutu AffiC& TOM
pany. In the course of hts Conversation
he alluded 10 several of his comrades.
mentioning Cawston, OF New York, and
Morgan. OF Montana
O'Dea gave his address az 19s Centre
street. Boston. Like all of the other
troopers who arrived in England on the
Harlech Castle. he received f22 before
landing, and expects to receive the sum
OF flO0 In addition 10 this from the British
South Africa Company.
Major Collins. OF the Lancaster Regt-
ment, which was brought 10 England
BY the steamer Victoria. which also
brought DIR. Jameson and his officers.
says that Captain Heany, the American
who left the Victoria at Port Said. was In
formed that upon the arrival OF the stea,yt-
er at Plymouth he would be free 10 dis
embark, but that he declined to 20 TO
England, saying that he preferred 10 re-
main abroad
Nobody on board the Victoria knew the
destination OF the steamer when she left
Deyonporf and Plymouth to-day, but II
was expected that she would be met AZ
sea tonight. when Dr. Jameson would
be taken OF