A CONGO HORROR.
•J XATIVKS KlUim "FOR SPORT." A_v_-_X ATXECJATSONS AGAINST FRENCH OFFICIAiLS. PARIS, February IS. Several officials ef French Congo, in |Ar lea , are now heing t?ied Bjl(^_ ivilie, in that territory, on shocking ; charges. ° | It is alleged that they silled a negro who had been sentenced to death witji a of dynamite -for sport," and that i taey. trom the same motive, decapitated I another. i It is further alleged that, placing the c head of the decapitated negro in a pot, S they used it in making broth, which they ' | served to some natives. 5 | After the mea.l the officials, it is said i placed the head before the natives to let 9 j them see what had pro*."ided their meal, c j The ex-Minister for the Colonies (M a jDoumergue), learning the facts of the r affair from the letter of a military officer in French Congo to a friend, ordered the ; prosecution of the officials.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 43, 20 February 1905, Page 5
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160A CONGO HORROR. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 43, 20 February 1905, Page 5
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