STANLEY’S CHARGES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2136, 11 December 1890, Page 4

STANLEY’S CHARGES.

HORRIBLE REVELATIONS. London, Non 14. Tne Times of November 14th, in; connection with the Stanley-Barttelot matter, publishes the full text' of Assar Farrar’s affidavit. Ho declares how Barttelot, after Stanley left Jambuya, finding food scarce employed armed Soudanese to attack the neighbouring villiagea/l but found them deserted. He then had recourse to capturing native women, and demanding food for their ransom. Bonny did the same. Assar relates how Barttelot daily ordered men to be given from'2s to 100 lashes for various offences. He speaks of numerous cases of stealing food, the thieves being punished with a hundred or more lashes, until their flesh was torn. In one case Barttelot ordered the punishment t® be stopped, but when the victim recovered somewhat he was given 150 more lashes and then he had to walk ten hours in the sun daily, heavily chained. This continued for two months, when the victim’s sores became in a horrible condition. Barttelot relieved him for a week, and Bonny gave him medicine, after which the punishment of marching m the sun was resumed. The roan finally decamped, hut was recaptured and shot. Assar says the officers had plenty of food, but the men were starving and dying daily. The camp became a miserable sight, yet none of the’officers appeared to care. Assar refers particularly to Ward and Troup, saying they seemed content, having everything they wanted and were disinclined to march. Eeferring to the Jameson incident, Assar says Jameson expressed to Tippoo Tib his curiosity to witness cannibalism. Tippoo Tib told Jameson ho had better purchase a slave. Jameson then paid six handkerchiefs for a ten-year-old girl. The girl was then taken to the cannibals, the chief telling them she was a present from the white man, who wanted to see her eaten. The girl was tied to a tree, then one of the Natives stabbed her, and she was soon dead. The Natives cut her up; some took legs and arms, others portions to their huts, and others took entrails to the river and washed them. J imeson in the meantime was making sketches of the horrible scene. Then he went to the camp, where be finished tbe sketches in water colors. Assar further says Jameson was proud of his cannibal sketches, and showed them to all the officers. Bonny slso makes a further statement to the effect that the cannibal incident was the cause of death of the Jameson and Barttelot. Assar told the Congo State authorities and sent his affidavit to Europe. Barttelot, learning this, became terribly excited for fear he would be blamed, and Bonny ascribed the violence which led to Barttelot death’s to this cause. Bonny believes Barttelot was becoming insane through privation and that the cannibal incident was the last straw, and that be can hardly be held responsible for hia actions thereafter. Jameson alse became uneasy, and hurried to the coast to stop the report, and Bonny excuses Jameson on the ground of his being an enthusiastic naturalist, and says he failed to realise his act. Bonny relates an incident of Jameson’s securing the head of a negro who had been shot by an Arab. It was salted and sent to London, where it was stuffed. It was afterwards in the possession of Mrs Jameson.

According to the Gazette Dr Schweinfurth heard Jameson’s story from Assar in person, and it is convinced of its truth. In an interview Mrs Jameson denounced as a baseless fabrication the story that her late husband purchased a native girl and turned her over to the cannibals to be killed and eaten. She says the sketches were only incidents coming under his own observation as a traveller.