The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-06
BARON DE GlNSBERG'S TALK
ON HIS EXPERIENCES INYHE BOER
 VAR WITH THE BRI7ISH.

VAR WITH THE BRI1ISH.
 He Says That He Was Chief of the Boer
 Secret service-He Addressed Small
 Audience on the Or, en Yesterlay-A
 Collection of .91 Taken Up-ae At.
 tackled Winston Churchill.
 A gentleman introducing himself as
 Baron H. l.. de Ginsberg, and who says
 that he was for eight years chief of the
 Transvaal secret service Is in this city
 raising funds for the aid of the Boer
 women and children concentrated about
 Cape Town and Natal. Yesterday af-
 ternoon he addressed an audience on the
 green, telling of his experience while in
 the Boer service, in the war with Great
 Britain. He was dressed in Boer cos
 tune, and spoke from the band stand
 in front of Center church, having se-
 there for an hour.
 He began his lecture at 230, and after some introductory remarks to get his audience of about 300 people interested
 he stopped and passed hat through
 the crowd asking those present to con- tribute money. After the hat had been passed he requested gentleman in the audience, MT. Mason, to count the money. The gentleman stepped up into the band stand and did as requested. He announced that the total amount of the collection was $S91.
 The baron announced that he would turn the money over to some Catholic clergyman in the city, with a request Red Cross of France, to be distributed by them among Boer women and child ren in distress. He says that he is citizen of France, but that he resided for twenty-five years in the South Afri- can republic.
 The band stand from which he spoke yesterday afternoon was decorated with an American flag, Boer flag, French flag and an Irish flag. 4
 The speaker told of personal experi7 ence as chief of the war intelligence bu- reau for the Boer government in Natal, and also told of his being sentenced to be shot by some Boers who suspected l his motives in trying to reach the En- glish lines Baron de Ginsberg said he found keg filled with gold and silver in an abandoned English railway sta- tion. He buried the coin the location of [ which is fixed in his mind, but says he l will continue to keep the secret as to it's whereabouts. While speaking the baron wears Boer costume, which is a rough | looking old coat, a pair of overalls and | a slouch hat, and cartridge belt slung f across his shoulder He wears an Amer ican flag and the Boer colors in band | around his hat. After his lecture he ex- plained that the present Boer flag was changed when the Orange Free State joined the Boers. The colors previously were green, red white and blue, to which has been adder the orange stripe. Baron de Ginsberg said he was a dyer
  rica, where he prospered to the extent of receiving the sum of $27000 per month When the war broke out he wos president of the Ginsberg Mining company, and a member of the chamber of Commerce and stock exchange. Du- ring his featuring since February 1, he has had subscriptions amounting to SPA 700 forwarded to the proper author ities. During that time his entire ex- penses, which are deducted from collec- tions, did not exceed $40.
 One of the important objects which de is carrying forward with his other work is recruiting volunteers for the Boer army. He has sent 2,3O0 men from this country, all of whom have joined the fighting forces. In his talk yesterday he told of his se- curing for General Joubert the British I plan of Ladysmith and of leading the British into the trap at Spion Kop, which proved so disasterous to the British force. He told of the escape of Churchill from the Boers. He ( said that the Boers were anxious to get rid of Churchill, who was bother to them to look after, and that finally it C was arranged to allow Churchill to es- ,ape He said that he was detailed to ' .ake snap shots of Churchill as he was escaping" and that he did so, and that le still has the proofs of those pictures. 5 He says that he wrote to Churchill, | while the latter was featuring in this Y threatening to publish the pie ures and that Churchill thereupon U eased featuring. He read passages . ro,,, Churnhi1l's hnoly HFrOn1 london U O Ladysmith'' and asserted that cer- ain statements made therein were un- ', rue.
 De Ginsberg will deliver two more ~ ectures in New Haven. One will be in urn hall at time to be decided upon :. ater, and he will endeavor to secure T. remission to speak to Professor A. M. a Vheeler's history classes at Yale. r HE EMO ESTATE IN SIMSBURY. "