The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-20
HUNTED FOR YEARS IN AFRICAN LUNCHES, NOTED ELEPHANT
 PoACHER IS KILLED.
MADE FORTUNE IN JUNGLE
Had Successfully Defed British Au. thority for Years--Is Captured After Desperate and Spec
 taeular Chase.

London, Aug. 19.-Hunted for years by British soldiers in the depths of the jungles of Central Africa, where for years in defiance of all authority he had pursued the career of an ele- plant poacher and illicit ivory trader. James Ward Rogers, an American, is dead.
 .4e was shot down by a little force of troops who had been sent into the w4-~erness in pursuit with orders not to return without the outlaw, dead or alive.
 News of Rogers death came for mally today to the British colonial office from Captain S V. Fox, in s3ector of Mongalli province, who commanded the expedition Although told in an official report, the story revealed i5 oHe of the most dramatic in colonial annals
 For years Rogers had carried on his lawless trade, which popular opin- ion credited with netting him a for tune. The remote regions along the Lado inelave and Congo boundaries were the scenes of his operations. Time after time British officials of the Soudan had tried in vain to trap him. It was this defiance of years which determined the government to crush the old man. Captain Fox's re. port shows that in his long operations Rogers has done more than had beer believed by the colonial office. He Lad established an organized admin istration over the wild, trackless country and among the natives was a virtual, if uncrowned king.
 Success of the outlaw in handling his subjects" and in cursuit of his trade, drew from Captain Fox, in hts report the tribute that Rogers work was worthy of better cause. Not since the explorer, Henry M. Stanley, pierced the jungles in 1871 and found pr. Livingston, has such a tale of Lardships, trials and dangers come out of Africa. The report of Captain Fox in this respect resembles more nearly perhaps the tale of General Funston's dogged pursuit of Aguinal- do in the Philippines.
 To track the outlaw the English commander was given non- -commis- stoned subordinate and six Soudaneze soldiers.
 Body carriers and mules for the transportation was part of his equi- ment
 His instructions were plain-not to return until the outlaw was captured Captain Fox, in his report, fails to mention dates in describing the man- hunt. Apparently the denoument of the jungle drama came three months ago.
 The pursuers then had spent weeks plunging through the jungle that all most defied passage, Rogers cunning
 y leading them through the densest of swamps. forests and across deep streams. Before the outlaw was over taken he had crossed the Nile into the Belgian Congo.
 Creeping up the Uganda bank of the Nile, the expedition pushed for ward for six weeks before the quarry was located. Fox and his men then had worn their clothes to tatters and their supplies were exhausted, leav ing them facing starvation in the will derness.
 The last 12 hours of the pursuit was particularly trying. The chase led over mountain with Rogers men only short distance in advance. As they fled the ape-like natives sent hack taunts and jeers at their pursu- CTS
 Dramatic in the extreme is Captain Fox's description of the death of Rog- CTS. In the jungle into which he had descended from the mountain, his party came suddenly upon a camp. native approached the English of- ficer and said: The commander wants you to come in. He is sick and cannot come out"
 u1ntering the hut, Captain Fox found himself in room dimly light ed by a candle. A white man was l lying on couch and beside him sat a companion, also white. For time there was dead silence, Captain Fox believing he had been led into trap Then he asked:
 Which is Mir. Rogers?" l MT Rogers has been shot" re- piled the outlaws companion.
 Yes" interrupted Rogers. "and bs your men"
 Come. stand right here so I car look at you," Rogers continued. Hi eyes were blazing and from beneatt a blanket he drew revolver an, pointed it at the officer. ] T am a dying man. l guess" h'