MURDER OF A PEACE ENVOY.
In connection with the murder of the j peace delegate Morgendaal, the following official account has been received by the military Governor at Bloomfontein from the Kroonstad District Commissioner : "Have evidence of Gerhadus Mullcr, who was present when Morgendaal was shot. He states ..that Morgendaal was never tried by the Boer Court. Froncman flogged Morgendaal first in a most cruel way with a sjambok across the face and head, and threatened to shoot him. De Wet called out, " Shoot the b ," and Froneman promptly shot Morgendaal. The evidence appears only too clear. I have the statement of an eyewitness, Muller, who was only ten yards away all the time, and that of Mrs. Morgendaal, who received the death-bed statement of her husband, which confirms Muller's statement, and a letter from a doctor who heard the story from others. Andries Wessels, who went with Morgendaal is still alive. His evidence, when obtainable, will be of value. The case is one of a cowardly murder of a British subject, and Justice of the Peace who had taken the oath of allegiance and was under the white flag. No doubt, later, plenty of confirmatory evidence will be forthcoming
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 13 March 1901, Page 4
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200MURDER OF A PEACE ENVOY. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 13 March 1901, Page 4
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