Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-10

! me, while the war trumpet, made from a
| hollow tusk, was sounded close to my ear
! the whole night through. A woman, sort
| of a Mahdist amazon, walked and danced
! up and down in front of me- singing and ges-
| ticulating. . She was calling up the
followers of the prophet to come and wit
| ness my execution, and was describing my
death agonies, and my subsequent tortures
in hell as an unbeliever."
But those tortures proved to be
among the easiest of those he was 10
be called upon to endure. OF his eX-
periences the following morning Neu-
field says:
". , . . A dervish came to me and
crossing my right hand over the left at the
wrists, palms downward, proceeded to bind
them together with a rope made of palm
! fiber. When the ropes had, with a bit Of
wood used as a tournquet, been drawn
well into the flesh water was poured over
them. The agony as the ropes swelled was
excruciating. With the persipra ton
rolling off me with the pain l was suffering,
l was led forth to the sport of the rabble.
Made to stand UP in the open space, bare
headed, with thousands around me, l be-
lieved the moment for my decapitation had
come, and muttering a short prayer
knelt down and bent my head but was at
once pulled to my feet again. the pOpulaCe
wanted their sport out Of me first. Der
wishes rushed at me prodding with spears
and swords, and while this was going on
two men, one on either side of me. with the
mouths of their war trumpets placed
against my ears, blew their loudest blasts.
. The ropes with which l was bound
had now done their work; the swollen skin
gave way and the horrible tension was re-
moved as the ropes sank into the flesh.
. . A messenger from the khaleefa
came to me and said: The khaleefa has
sent me to tell you that he has determined
to behead you. After a time the same mes
from the khafeefa saying: The khaleefa
has changed his mind; your head is not to
be cut of; you are to be crucifled as was
your prophet, Aisse en- NebbP Jesus the
| prophet. An hour later 1 was or
dered Off to the place of cruclhxlon, and be-
ing unable to walk was placed upon a
| donkey On coming TO a halt, instead of the
| cruclfx had expected ] found a set of gal
| lows. A tall black placing his hand
on my arm, said: The khaleefa is gratlfed
at your courage, and to show this offers
| you the choice Of the manner Of your
death! When / replied that the khaleefa
| could please himself the black replied:
| You will be dead in few minutes; what
| Will you die as, as a Moslem or a KaffirT 1
replied that religion is not a dress to be
! put on to-day and off Tomorrow. While
we were talking a man on horseback made
]
| the black, who, turning TO me, said: BE
! happy, there is no death for you, the
! khaleefa, in his great mercy, has pardoned
| you.
Such was the beginning of a 12 years
Imprisonment. While there was not the
same excruciating pain and torture dur
ing all of that time there was none of
the II years in which the blacks did not
show their flendish barbarity. Neufeld
was confined most of the time in the
general prison. During the daytime
all the prisoners were permitted to
walk in the yard of the prison, and once
a day were allowed to go to the banks of
the Nile to wash, but they were always
chained. AT night, however, they were
not so fortunate, as all of them were
huddled into one small room, and com.
PEELED to stand up until morning. OF
his prison life Neufeld says in describ