The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-02-28
MURDERED BY
AFRICAN SAvAGES

Tovn London Is web remembered as
cue ~ the men who came here wish
the eseieSalp I'VE years. ago, The
latest news seeas him tells % his
Death a, the hands ~ East African
-saSSives a, MeraeSsS and the ultimate
recovery % his eeay, The Electrician
ss Jan, : tells this story q the
tragedy
Seldom in the history q submarine
cable enterprise has the danger which
Incidentally belongs 70 the work %
cable laying and repairing been 50
foccIely brought home 70 US as was
the case when. = few days ago. news
reached London that one 81 the best
known and most respected ~ telegraph
engineers engaged in these operations.
Mr.. Tom London. % the Telegraph
Construction * Maintenance Cos :. :.
ColOni2, had met with sOul play near
NorahaSs, on the east cast Of AFRICA.
where the Colont2, accompanied by
the Eastern Telegraph Cos :. 5. Shsr-
ard Osborne, was engaged on a repair
- the cable which puts in az that port.
Mr.. London. accompanied by Mr.. Har-
old AnSsll. another well-known tele-
graph engineer in the Eastern Tsls-
graph service. having completed the
work On which they were engaged.
went cut shooting, and a, the end ~
the shoot made for their ship. agree
ing. We understand. 70 take different
routes 20 the haro%-, Mr.. London had
with him native boy. and appears 10
have fallen into s trap laid for his cap
Curs, as the boy was asked by three
natives who met him with Mr.. London
whether he was aware If the white
man WAS IN possession Of any. money.
The native boy WAS sent OF. leaving
Mr. London prisoner in the hands
o. the native Iui>cTs2ntS. Meantime
Mr. AuSsu had reached the COIOniS,
bur Mr.. London failing 10 arrive,
anxiety Was ar once felt as 10 his
whereabouts, and search party Of 80
police, = number Of volunteer natives.
and q pGrUy q sailors and cable hands
from the ships, was Immediately sOI
together and = complete search made,
but unfortunately. without any result,
GS 10 trace Of NJ. London. dead OF
alive, has yet been discovered. \ dis
JuFCinS element IN the mystery was =
message from one Of the chiefs Of 3
nsigh0orinE tribe requesting that the
SsaEch parties should b Withdrawn
TIE Telegraph Construction * MainIs-
nance Co G4bIei out an offer OF SEQ
for the recovery Of Mr. London. Or for
proofs Of his fate Two OF three days
afterwards = native appeared on the
scene and made confession that he
had murdered Mr. London, whose
body. he stated had been thrown into
3 GISuS=d we'll but o. the well being
found and searched 10 Iracs OF the
body o. Of any property belonging 10
Nr- London vas discovered II being
considered desirable that the TWO cable
ships should with their crews, leave
The port the C1l1uiz Is continuing her
v7Orz q repair il the Psmba Channel
and the Sherard Osborne has left Tor
Zanzibar Meanwhile. the British
Colonial Ot6Cs has taken the matter
III hand and the Governor OF British
East Africa. II conjunction with The
Provincial Commissioner = making
every effort 10 obtain information e
The vherezb bouts OF Mr- London and .
II this work thousands Of natives are
hope osing still expressed .
thar me missing engineer viii b= found I
alive No similar misfortune has ever
0vsrtakzu : Telegraph man ii thess
parts Of the world. where the natives
have always been fairly smslaole 70 4
the white mans influence We regret
70 say that ID 70 the moment OF going
10 press 10 news has ever been re-
csivet tending 10 relieve the anxiety
u Mrs London and the parents Of the
missing engineer Nh London sen,
wh1 i well known and greatly r.
Sp=ctei II telegraph circles Is UnfOr-
.uaslsIy II 2 bad state Of health
LATER-We deeply regret 10 an
-1uucs that all hope appears 70 have
been abandoned Of Nh Tom London,
-hs vel known telegraph engineer
T11se fate i surrounded with 50 much
being found alive Despite
very 5IIige1r s=zrch- ID trace has been
found q the missing engineer. and II
the daily journals for January sIh the
.1II1EInz notice appears
-LONDON--Ou December Il. 1917.
IL 3I1m1zsz- East Africa murdered By
natives Thomas Pain London, aged
3 A5zIzIie-rozd-Br0ck Sc
STILL LATE%It : announced
.ro1 1I01bzsz that the body % NJ
ION LC1d0a- EhO vas murdered by
natives AZ EiIin1Iui Cast Africa IN
December has ben found and certain
natives TLo are suspected Of having
tt= murder have bssn ar
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