The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
DR.. JAMESON IS
TAKEN TO LONDON,
Arraigned Before a Swell
Crowd in the Police
Court.
RELEASED WITH HIS MEN
Charged With Having Made
War Upon a Friendly
State.
CHEERS FOR ALL THE RAIDERS.
Through Mistake Captain Heany, an
American, Received Big
Ovation.

LONDON, Eng, Feb. 25.-Dr. Jameson.
formerly administrator of the British
south Africa Company, VINO led the raid
into the Transvaal, arrived in London this
evening. was arraigned in the Bow-street
Police Court, and was released upon his
own recognizance in the sum of f2OOO.
Fourteen others who took part in the raid
we're arraigned with Jameson ana were all
admitted to bail in $4,000, each furnished
| by themselves
Inc transport Victoria, which brought
DR.. jameson and his party from South
Africa, lett Plymouth yesterday and
anchored in the Thames off Purfeet. fiji
| teen miles below London, at 1 P NJ to-day.
A tug ran alongside the steamer and took
OH passenger and landed him at Firth.
two miles above the Victoria's anchorage.
Here the passenger, who was supposed to
| be jameson, took train and proceeded to
London, where he arrived at about 5
o'clock.
! large crowd had assembled outside
the station and as he emerged he was
greeted with enthusiastic cheers and cries
OF Bravo, DIR. jameson" He was fol-
lowed by the crowd from the station to
the Mark Lane station of the underground
railway, being cheered again and again.
Arrived at the latter station the passenger
was joined by number of friends and
disappeared from public view.
| The enthusiasm of the crowd had been
manifested for the wrong man, for the pas
senger. instead of being DIR. Jameson, was
Captain Heany. an American, who FORM
/ erly held commission IN the Bechuena-
land Horse, and who had acted as scout
| for DIR. Jameson in his filibustering expe-
dition
In the meantime DR.. Jameson and his
officers were taken off the Victoria by
police launch, which reached Waterloo
pier at half-past o'clock.
Il large crowd had gathered at the pier.
and when Jameson and his party ap-
peared they were loudly cheered. The
party entered two omnibuses, which con-
veyed them to the Bow-street Police
| Court. The crowd manifested its appro-
| baton for the raiders for the entire dis
| tance from the Waterloo pier to the court.
| The party was given most tumuituous
welcome by the great crowd that had
| gathered about the court. In anticipation
OF DIR. Jameson's arraignment a large
crowd of people, composed principally of
| members Of the aristocracy, Assem- bled in
the courtroom before noon and awaited
DIR. Jameson's arrival.
Seated upon the bench with the magis-
trates were the Duke of Abercorn, Lord
and Lady Abingdon, General Sir st.
George, Gerald Foley and Lady Foley. and
Viscount Chelsea and Hon. Robert Arthur
Ward, members of the House of Commons
respectively for Bury st. Edmunds and
the Crewe divisions of Cheshire
The prisoners were prOnrt1v
before the magistrate upon the formal
charge of having made war upon a
friendly state. So carried away were the
people in the courtroom by their enthus1-
asm that the magistrate and court officers
were unable to put stop to the demon
/ stration.
After hearing evidence briefly the magis-
| trate adjourned the examination for fort
| night, releasing Jameson and the others
upon their own recognizances in $1,000
each. The exact charge preferred against
the prisoners was that THE defendants, in
the month of December, 1885, in South
Africa, within her Maiesty's dominions,
| without license of her Majesty, did will
fully prepare military expedition to pro-
ceed against the dominions of certain
friendly state, to wit: the South African
Republic, contrary to the provisions of the
| foreign enlistment act of 1907
After bare evidence of the arrest of the
prisoners had been submitted and formal
statements had been made by counsel rela-
tue to the conduct of the case, the sitting
magistrate, Sir John Bridge, remarked:
mo graver charge could be brought
against these men. 1t is crime of the
highest possible gravity, and must be so
1od bu ~
the risks of perform ing the offense.
at involves, first, the danger of battle
at the time in which many lives NAV be-
lost and many homes desolated, besides
the greater danger, the offense, being con-
tinued, producing q state of war be-
tween countries at amity with one all
other''
After deciding upon the amount of bsil
to be furnished, Sir John Bridge ad-
dressed the prisoners, begging them for
their own sakes and the sake of the coun-
try to absent themselves from any place
where their presence would arouse public
excitement.
He further asked them not to assemble
together more than they were obliged to
do, and to otherwise avoid anything that
might possibly disturb the public peace.
Dotn requests were remarkable, coming
from Judge of the bench to defendants
before him, and showed very decidedly
that public opinion was strongly in favor
of the accused. and that fears are enter
| tanned of public demonstration.
| The magistrate appeared astounded and
angry at the cheering that greeted the
| prisoners on their entrance into the court
! rom. When the cheering was renewed
| he sternly cried: ''1f you wish to bring
the name of England into contempt that
is the wav tn do it -