AN AFFRAY IN NORTH BORNEO.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1229, 18 September 1885, Page 3

AN AFFRAY IN NORTH BORNEO.

The 1 London and China Telegraph ’ says We have already reported by telegram the news fiom North Borneo regarding the amok by Bajaus, a tribe nf Dysks inhabiting a district on the Kawang river, in which Dr Manson Fraser was shot dead and M. de Fontaine and some of th" Sikhs severely wounded, Mr de Fontaine received nine spear wounds, from the effects of which he died shortly afterwards. The j'unadhar ami two other of- the Sikh police were fatally speared during the amok. Mr de Fontaine was the head of the North Borneo police, and was formerly an inspector in the North Borneo police force. He did eood service during the disturbances in Sungei Ujong and the K« »ri Sembilan. while in cominaa I of a body of Arabs and others enlisted in Singapore. It appears that on the 10 hj of May Resident Davits, Captain de Fontaine, Dr Fraser. Assistant Resident Little, and Mr J. E. J. Wheatley, with a party of constabulary, arrived at Kawang, which was selected as the most direct ami convenient point of depirturefor an expedition to the village of a Murat chief, one Bandorong, O.i the I2th, as it was found impossible to obtain the required number of baggage Carrie's, it was jfioposed to defer the departure of th« expedition, pending further communication with Papar. Tne Europeans and the officers of the constabul .ry were standi o' about under a tree in a large plain near the village, wheu two ra-n came up with muskets in their hands, and entered int. an appareutly frien dy conve nation wi hj Dr Fraser. Wii bout any warning, one of the men suddenly discharged hi" muske , killing the doctor instant menus y ; an alarm was occasioned, seven Bajous fiends of the two men alluded to, an-> inclu ling Oraug Kaya Awang an 1 two cattle thews, at once amoked, and speared fatally Jemadfaar Asa Sin’.b, Sergeant-major Nar.-nn Singh, and Private Jen ah Singh ; th y then endeavored to escape by rushing across the plain towards the jungle, when Captain de Fontaine, in the must plucky manner, pursued them. All this happened | m the space < f a few moments on y and no ‘ one had time to support Captain de Foil- ! taine before he tripped np and fe>i on ihe | ground, when the Baj ins turned on linn j and inflicted on less than l ine spear wounds on different parts of his body, three of his i assailants falling, however, to bis levolver. I By this time the Sikhs, wh-> w.-re at some ! little distance off, had seized their r-fl-s I and opened fire, killing three others of the j B uj .us and wounding ihe remaning two. I who succeeded in miking good .hj ir o cipe : to their jungle. Mr Little, son of Hr ( Little, of Singapore, had at the commencemet of the melee, received a speir wound, i penetrating the fleshy part of ins arm and ‘ slightly injuring his" side He disposed of ; his opponent with his revolver. It was found that eight privates were wounded, some of them severely. They, Log o her with Captain de Fontaine, were at one" . -cut down river, and put on hoard iho . Kimanis, whicli set off for S andakaii, i touching at Gaya, where M. Whitehead, a gentleman travelling in North Borneo, in ist kindly ate-ompauie • tlie wounded. Unt 1 further intelligence is received it is imiio-sible to say whether the treacherous j attack was pr. me Hated, or whether, as some think, the Hist gnu went off by accident, .iving rise to the panic which has had such sad result".