Show FATE OF AN AFRICAN HUNTER Mr F L James the Intrepid Explorer is Killed by a Wounded Elephant Special to TH HERALD Examiner Cable LONDON April 29The tragic death of F L James the African intrepid hunter and explorer ex-plorer has surprised and shocked all who know his career in Africa A cable dispatch from the west coast briefly announces that he was killed by a wounded elephant while hunting in the Gaboon country The last white victim of an elephanthunt was Mr Deane an agent of the Congo free state who was gored to death by a wounded elephant while huntingnearthe Congo The James brothers are best known for their journey through the centre of Somaliland south of the gulf of Aden Very few white men had penetrated beyond the seaward fringe of this country I is except part of the Sahara the most dangerous region in Africa to travel in The people are fanatical Moslems and few who have ventured into the country beyond the coast hills have escaped death The British consul at Berbeva believing the whole party would be I killed cabled to England for permission to pre I vent them from going inland He received per mission a little too late to catch the party While in Somaliland the expedition was In con stant danger After its return the late Mr James wrote a noteworthy book describing the discoxeries and hairbreadth escapes of the ex pedition He came out of Somaliland unscathed Somaland onlyto fall a victim to an elephant on the other side of the continent |