The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-15
A Girl Preacher Makes Her Es-
cape from CannibaIs.
WARSHIP SAVED HEB.
The Young Missionary. Saw Eleven Sail.
ors Killed and Eaten. She. Tells
H,r Thrilling Story Of Adven.
ture at an Illinois Camp
Meeting.

Miss Beulah Logan IuGnl!l, p1saty
woman, thirty years OF age, q Metho-
Dist missionary whose ancestors were
missionaries before her, startled the
big Methodist camp nseting cn the
Des PLANES Rivsr, near Chicago, Ill,
by telling the story Of how she saw
eleven rersons killed and dsvoured 5y
cannibals.
Miss Tuthill is the only wonan In
the world who has lived to tell such
tale. She was taken to the Caroline
Islands when she vas six years OF age
and began her missionary work when
she was sevatesn. In 1900 her
parents left the Carolines and went to
Sidney. Australia. Ste rens!ned
on the island for several months after
wari. Then she tcok passage on tbs
steamer Arsgul for Sidney. a terri
6c storm swept the vessel near the
Island OF Na# Ireland, two Euadsed
miles northeast OF Australia. Miss
Tuthiu was swept overheard. She
was an expert swimmer and was pick
ed up by SONS Christian Mslays. They
were subsequently, shipWrecked on a
sandbar on which a schooner vas go
ing to pieces. This bar was two
miles eff the caunibal isle. She said:
''As the tide began to rise 70 tes
US, the horror began. One OF our
iookouts gave an exclamation OF
terror. We looked and there on the
shore we saw a horde Of ssvages COM
ing down the beach-tully 200 OF
then-in full panoply, armed with
shields and spears ana heavy clubs
with which they were accustomed 20
dash ont thelr snemies' brains.
''Tney stole down upon the schoon-
sr and then attacked 1t with q rush.
The sailors mad , no resistance. They
had concealed themselves In the hope
Of escaping, but one by one, msa IN
all, they were found, dragged. out and
killed with a blow on tns osck OF tns
head with great war club.
'.Tnen they dragged The bodies
ashore and prepared for the feast.
They beat On tomtons a-d strange
drums. Tna victims were laid in .
circle on the ground while the saysges
brought brushWood and great logs for
the fire.
Then strange thing came. They
seemed actually to make sort OF re-
ligi. US ceremony OUT Of this horrible
affair. They baas tneir tonsons and
pulled their hair and uttered their
aered, gutteral cries.
THE rest Is too horrible, how they
cooked their human food, how they
danced about their Victims, how at
last chat company tore the smoking
human fesn to pieces with their nails
and teeth In mac orgy.
The Caief ate fist, and after 6anc.
ing be allowed his followers to par
take. Then, at last, when it seemed
to me that l surely could stand 1t no
longer, the saVages formed in line
and started to march away. The
tide had fowsd in and ne we're free.
Frantic to escape, the frightened
sailors VINO had rescued NE, made
haste to pull aws;. Bat Do9 We
we're seen. The saVages broke thar
line and rushed to tae oeach. q score
or more OF them entered caace sad
pursued us. We had a Lead OF sew 5ca;
hundred fstbons, bus tnair canos,
driven by a score OF savage arns,
tairly leaped through the water.
"Tney gained on Us, fsst, faster. l
turned sick at heart. I hardly had
strength to pray.
Now, this island is q German
possession, though inhabited Chiefly
BY caunibals. Three miles away,
across the bay, there vas Germaa
tasion, and for this we neai aied. Taey
gained on Us more ana more. We
could hear thsir sav.ge cries, bus
thank God, there was German gun
boat in sight. They ssT our p-edica-
nent. Glancing toward the warshlp
I saw a little puff u smoke curl oa5
from its bow and fonrinch snetl
came ricocheting across tae wafer 60
ward the canaioal canoe. 1t missed.
Then another came, and this sins IL
hit seaarely and exploded and desl6
death and destruction. i couio SEQ
the survivors jumping iaGo toe Wate1
and swimming for the shore.
"Tne Germans welcomed Us, ana
conld not ti1apk them suf6;leptly.'
New and Strange leland
| Can't. Trusbridge, OF the steamship