Death of General Gordon. Brisbans, Feb. 20.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 345, 23 February 1889, Page 6

Death of General Gordon. Brisbans, Feb. 20.

Akkia i.d . Janet Niecol for Albany. An eye witness of the death ot General Gordon publishes an account of the circumstance. He is a Greek named Dematrio Georgia and he states that few British troops had betore the Mahdists attacked Khartoum. Farigh thereupon ad^sed the Mahdi to attack at once. That night, the whole city \va& a mass of blood and llames. (Jot don was smoking on the balcony of of his seraglio with Dr. Dematrio, and the Great Consel live hundred rieviashes had entered the seroglio and were standing at the foot ot the stauca&c calling out, " Gordon Pasha." The latter coolly left the balcony, and went indooi'S. The two Greeks advised him to fly by a little door and make nib escape by boat, but Gordon indignantly refuted to comply, holding that it would be a disgrace to do so. He went into an inner room, donned his full uniform and sword and once more going on the verandah looked scornfully at the crowd, exclaiming, "Whom seek ye? lam Goidon Pasha. Come on." Here the derviahes gave orders that Gordon should not be killed. Nash, the Mahidist General, ascended the steps and to him Gordon handed his sword in military fashion. Nash snatched it in a brutal way, and struck Gordon an un expected blow. As the latter fell and rolled downstairs, another General thrust his spear into the wound made by Nash. Thus died Gordon. Zohier Pasha, the Mahdist Treasurer, witnessed the deed, and cried, "May his blood be on thy headb. May Allah punish these men." Gordon's body was not mutilated, but was embalmed and sent to the Mahdi. The bodies of theGreelc doctor and Consul were cut up. The Arabs massacred all the Egyptains sparing only those regiments which had admitted them into the town. Farigh, on being taken before the Mahdi, the latter said— you were a slave. You deceived them and you would betray mo also. He then oidered hib head to be cutoff, and this order was carried out. There were, says the narrator, many white women in Khartoum.

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