Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-03-28
Jam!e;.s,W'ardRQSers ln{ Known
: The Ea$cLdo fhe EamouS American Ivory R6acler ID
copXNGHT 6yRDcN>fy 90.

well, you're cool one" Rogers admitted
grudsingly. do you know have you covered
with my Colt?"
YES but you won't dare to shoot" Fox laughed
quietly
Wont darel Why not should like to known
Rogers answered back Il have over hundred
armed men outside and you only have four men
with you, my men tell me"
Nevertheless, you won't dare shoot me or mo.
lest my men. You are under arrest, Mr.. Rogers,
for Illicit iyory-poaching murder, entering n
closed district without a permit. and carrying a
gun without license"
so that is what l am charged with, is itf-
Rogers smiled grimly. Have you no other
charges to prefer?"
You're wounded now. Let all that rest until
you are better"
NO I'm a dying man, guess. Do you know
you're in the Belgian territory, that you are sur
rounded by my men, and that you stand more
chance of arrest than do?"
you are mistaken l am not in Belgian terri
tory and we need not discuss the chances of my
arrest"
Captain Fox deemed it wise not to excite the
man any more and silently withdrew from the
room. Once outside he set to work TO disarm
the followers of the dying Rogers This was soon
accomplished for they were cowed, now that
their leader was helpless.
In the middle of the night native servant
came to Captain Fox to say that Rogers was dy-
ing, and that he wished to speak to the officer.
The soldiers did not want him to go into the
house again. But Captain Fox was not to be de-
tered
As he entered the house, Rogers turned to his
white companion, saying:
Doctor wish you to hear and be witness to
what am going to say to Captain Fox / sur
render myself voluntarily to the Sudan govern.
ment. want you to see that the doctor gets
into no trouble over this. affair, captain. be-
lieve am dying man, so that I am not going
70 lfa ho,,ff bta o1,oo all ,,.tr
work, The doctor is blameless."
On the following afternoon the three soldiers
who had been sent on ahead arrived at the viii
lage and gave Captain Fox an account of their
experience.
They stated that on arriving in the poacher's
stronghold Rogers ordered them to give up their
arms He seized his Msuser rifle and opened
fire with 1t and revolver His companion, the
doctor also fired on the soldiers with Winches-
ter. Others attacked them with Wholesalers and
with arrows. Had 1t not been almost dark, the
soldiers would have been killed and as It was,
they all had narrow escapes, all of them being
hit.
In the fighting, Rogers was struck by soldiers
bullet which lodged near the hip but he walked
to his house and sat down in chair
BY this time Captain Fox was satisfied that he
was on Belgian territory and wrote to the Bel:
gian commandant to explain the occurrence. Two
days later the Belgian officer arrived on the scene
with large escort Of troops.
The day after the arrival Of the Reglanss RIOS.
n ~; s}ssga94iN f-,9fsys sSgs4s f4ll sl5.g fit
was conscious e the end arid described bis syinp.
toms.
Lift me up once more-for the last time" he
muttered Il shall not be here tomorrow I'm
still pretty. heavy. ain't ~
Fox leaned over him and gently raised him on
the bed, with his arms under the dying mans
shoulders
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