The Washington times., 1905-05-21
Ant Hi ] About zoIaeE
H1qh
Frequently Called on tos
| Ayenge Murders and
Outrages.
Searches for Victims in al
River Alive With
Alligators.
Captures Ringleaders inl
| the Cape Brogden
Massacre.

near Cape Brogden some forty miles Ia
the eastward OF Robinson's Camp. at
Bowen Straits. and that Wandy Wandys
VINO had already served a long term for
the murder Of Robinson's mate. was
the ringleader.
"a party under Inspector Foelsche
was Immediately fitted out TO proceed
10 the, spot to investigate. Inspector
EoeIsche.s trump card in such matters
vas strategy. and it was fell that he
would succeed IN bringing matters to
a successful issue. The inspector during
his long residence IN the northern terri
tory had made q perfect study Of the
natives. and had an intimate knowledge
o. their ways In fact among the mig
gers the name of F'oelsche was power
IN the land. When I saw the other day
that this valuable old servant had the
II 8, O. conferred upon him I was de-
lighted. and am sure no man deserved
il more Always liking to see something
fresh and TO add 10 my experiences,
obtained permission TO accompany the
party In the coasting steamer Adelaide
ne first proceeded to Port Essington TO
see If we colid pick up any OF the Mig
gers who knew anything about the
murder, but We drew a blank, for Port !
Essington was entirely deserted Tns
old camp and surrounding land, which /
Robinson in the old days kept so neat
ware quite overgrown. and the place
seemed to me TO look miserable ana :
desoiate.
| Witnesses Secured.
..The steamer then proceeded to
| Bowen Straits revenue station. wherss
Robinson had his camp. It was In /
Of
named Tingha de Hhans. Here Inspsc~
tor Foelsehe was successful In securing i
witnesses. With two policemen I cross~z
ed to Crocker Island TO search for an
important witness. In landing VS. had !.
to make our way through a long stretch |
of heavy mud. and in doing so gavsf
my right knee bad wrench. the source
of an old trouble, the result OF an acs1
eident while hunting. / had the satisIacsI
ton Of walking some eight miles with 81
bent leg, but we secured the man. N
move was then made to Cape BrogdensS
where we anchored, there being & NICE
ocean swell on. During the afternoorsi
an effort was made TO land. but on acsi
count of the heavy surf II was not sarsi
to do so. At daybT eak next morningsS
things being bit quieter. we had
aDothar try. The boats anchor was
6rouned well out, and the boat waat
easad in stern first until Just outside thS5
s.frf We all got ashore safely with tbs !
| ? assistance of niggers. 1 had one undeSI
each arm You may be sure We Iooke0s
after cur shooting irons. n
when we landed at Cape Brogden. 'z
continued Mr. Searcy. zone or the nigs5
| gers Mangerippy by name, led US in@I
/ land about one and a natI n1lles rom
niasa tn . pretty little lagoon. coyereda
with lilies Our guide pointed 70 several
| places in the jungle where tue earIns
had heen disturbed, SO Work was SfarI~s
| al and we soon disclosed six skeletons~S
| So as to have evidence OF the SIX .bodiesII
| II was decided to take the skulls. WnIcns
| were considerably knocked about. The
anesfion of how to carry them. for they
| were not nice carrying, arose. / no.
| ticed that one of the. nfggers had on .
nair of trousers. These Were quickly
| i,nshfnned and the ends of the legs tied
| nm We then put three skulls into each
/ feg and nung them round the niger
| neck so the question OF transport was
| soon settled. The rest OF the bones
| were covered up again. w nile at work
| a buffalo cow ard calf came 10 the La ]
COON for drink, but having other busi- !
| ness on hand we did not shoot. Close to
where we landed were portions or the
wrecked proa The sea having gone
down considerably our return was made
without difficulty
| sSoon afterward the two policemen
and several niggers landed to search for4
/ the murderers. To my great disgust
/ pDuiQ not 11CSOIIpdAlS tiiCzl9 oiA G1OOAiAS
| Of r9ay knee. After the search party had
/ landed we proceeded to Malay bay.
where 1t was arranged for the party
| TO come out. Next evening the police
were seen moving out of the bush. Upon
| landing / found they had four men Ia /
chains, among whom was Wandy wan /,
| dy AS soon as he caught sight of me
| he cried out, oh. Mr.. Searey, I no do
| it, He and his mates were soon safely 7
| fixed up On the hatch of the steamer.
The search party had had a fairly ex-
citing time so I blessed my luck again.
| Next morning another man was secured
| The names Of the prisoners were Wan
| dy Wandy, Capoondur. Ingeewaraky.
| Dooramite. Minaedge. and Angareeda.