BOER BRUTALITY.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 29 May 1901, Page 4

BOER BRUTALITY.

Outrageous Treatment of a

Clergyman.

News has just been received of the death at Dundee, Natal, of the Rev. Francis F. Greenfield, a clergyman of the Church of England, due to the brutal treatment he received at the commencement of the war from the Boers. The reverend gentleman had a school some 18 miles from Dundee, and as soon as war was declared a party of young Boers descended on his establishment, looted his property, and sent his pupils prisoners to Pretoria, while Mr Greenfield himself was subjected to outrageous indignities. His boots were taken from him, and he was made to walk barefooted for a distance of over 18 miles. On his remonstrating with his captors, two of them struck him violently in the face with the butt end of their Mauser rifles, and knocked out several of his teeth. This harsh treatment continued till he was lodged in Pretoria prison, where lie was taken seriously ill. After repeated efforts to obtain medical assistance, he managed to get the car of General Joubert, who ultimately ordered his release. Broken in health and fortune, he arrived in Natal a refugee last June, and after receiving assistance from the Government, proceeded to Dundee with the idea of starting life again. The reverend gentleman was an old Cambridge University man and a celebrated oar of the day,—Correspondent “ Pall Mall Gazette.’ 4