St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-08-24
Uh1EDD0WN[
IN THEJUNG[E
By SOLDIERS
huggling Ivory is Finally
4 Ended by Death.
James Ward Rogers Shot in
Jungle by Soldiers.
Given Instructions Not to
Return Without Him.
Had Ectah1icho1 ORGANIZED
huggling Ivory is Finally
Ended by Death.
Had Established Organized
Administration in Wilds.


Administration in Wilds.
London, Aug. 19.-Hunted dow
BY British soldiers in the depths O
TIE jungles of Central Africa, where
for years, in defiance of all authori
~, he had pursued the career OF al
elephant poacher and illicit ivor,
trader, James Ward Rogers, ar
American, is dead. He was sho'
down by a little force of troops which
had been sent into the wilderness
In pursuit, with orders not to re-
turn without the outlaw, dead OF
alive.
News of Rogers death came for
mally to-day to the British colonial
ONCE from Capt. C. V. Fox, inspect
or of Mongolia province, who com
manded the expedition. Although
told in an official report, the story
revealed is one of the most dramatic
in colonial annals.
For years Rogers had carried on
his lawless trade, which popular opin-
ions credited with netting him for
tune. The remote regions along the
Ladoenclave and Congo boundaries
were the scenes of his operations.
Time after time British officials of
the Soudan had tried in vain to trap
him. 1t was this defiance of years
which determined the government to
crush the old man. Capt. Fox's re-
port shows that in his long opera
lions, Rogers had done more than
had been dreamed by the colonial
ONCE. He had established an organ
ICED administration over the wild
trackless country and among the
natives was a virtual, if uncrowned,
king.
WORK WORTHY OF RULER.
Success of the outlaw in handling
his subjects and in pursuit of his
trade, drew from Capt. Fox, in his
report, the tribute that Rodgers
work was worthy of a better cause.
Not since the explorer, Henry NJ.
Stanley, pierced the jungles in 1871
and found DR.. Livingston has such
q. tale of hardships, trials and dan
gers come out of Africa. The report
Of Capt. Fox in this respect, resem-
bles most nearly perhaps the tale of
Gen Funston's logged pursuit of
Aguinaldo in the philippines.
To track the outlaw the English
stoned subordinate and six Soudenese
soldiers. Body carriers and mules
for the transportation of supplies
were part of his equipment.
His instructions were plain-not to
return until the outlaw was captured.
Capt. 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 almost defied passage, Rogers
cunnfngly leading them through the
depsest OF swamps, forests and across
deep streams. Before the outlaw
was overtaken he had crossed the
Nile into the Belgian Congo,
QUARRY FOUND.
Creeping up the Uganda bank of
the Nile the expedition pushed for
ward Tor six weeks before the quarry
was located. Fox and his men then
nad worn their clothes to tatters and
their supplies were exhausted, leay-
ing them facing starvation in the
The last twelve hours of the pur-
suit was particularly trying. The
chase led over a mountain, with Rog-
ers men only a short distance in adj
vance. As they fed the apelike ma
lives sent back taunts and ieers at |
their pursuers.
Dramatic in the extreme is Cant.
Fox's description of the death of
Rogers. In the jungle into which
'pey had descended from the noun
AIN his party came suddenly upon a
amp. A native approached the
English officer and said:
The commander wants Won tn
'ome In. He is sick and nannot
'0me out"
Entering the hut, Capt. Fox found
himself In room dimly lighted by
candle. A white man was lying
n . couch and beside him sat a com
'anion. also white. For time there |,
pas dead silence. Capt. Fox beliey-
ng he had been led into a tran
he he asked:
TRAPPED AT LAST Il
(which is Rogers?" Ii
Mr.. Rogers has been shot" renli.
d the outlaws companion. |,
YES" Interrupted Rogers, land
your men," Il
Come, stand right here so / can IS
':k 1T you," Rogers continued. His
rec were blazing and from beneath is
blanket he drew a revolver and Il
pinted 1t at the officer.
II am dying man, l guess, he
I'D. II didn't think they could xii! il
d Rogers, but they got him this IS
me- N
still you are in belgian territory. n
20 you stand mere chance for arrest
an do VI
Fearing that the revolver which la
enaced him might be discharged Mt II
y moment. Capt. Fox argued with "
e outlaw to gain time. Finally I !.
0gers turned to his companion who
addressed as doctor, and said: ID
want you to witness what I saw Ia
'ct0r. Capt. Fox. am a dying man II
would not lie about anythfnr. IA
'ts was my show and all my work. le