| Show Mr Bonny Confirms Stanley LONDON Nov 9The Times this morn ing publishes a threecolumn signed statement state-ment from Bonny who opens by regetting that Barttelots brother forced the disclosure disclos-ure of painful story Bonny says Stanley only heard of the poisoning suspicions from him on tho 2Gth of October Bonny says Barttelot and Jam son after questioning the Arabs questioning belonging to Stanleys previous expedition as to the fate of Pocpck and others expressed the opinion that Stanley aId would poison anybody He admitted that rumors to that effect efect were current in i Europe but nothing was over proved against Stanley Bonny confirms the re port that Barttelot asked him for a taste less poison With which to remove Tlppu Tibs nephew Seiko with whom he had a quarrel Bonny had all the poisons Bart telot did not make any further attempts to poison Sclim Bonny confirms tho statement that Bart telot deliberately hit a woman For this Barttelot would have been lynched if Bonny had not rescued him Bonny has not the slightest doubt that the boy Soudi died from the effects of the kick given him by Barttelot He confirms the statement that tho Mission bOY John Henry who acted as interpreter died from the effects I tf l fairy tj fal of tho 300 lashes He did not desert as stated but was left on the road The boy was afraid to come back because head h he-ad sold Barttelots revolver to procure food The major recaptured tho boy and had him publicly sentenced to be shot not intending to carry out the sentence The whole camp threatened to desert the sen tence was carried out Barttelot then tc wa exclaimed ex-claimed By G I will give him 300 lashes Henry became insensible after receiving thirty lashes The scene was the moat horrible he Bonny ever scont saw Morti fication set in and the flesh of the victim fel fs in pieces to the ground His body swelled to twice its ordinary size and he i died in twentyfour hours Bonny tells of tho unprovoked stabbing of the Chief Unganga by Barttelot with a penknife He declares the best feeling prevailed in the village till the major ar rived when he immediately caused trouble by extravagant demands and threats Bonny confirms Stanley further and tells about the killing of the Zanzibar by Bart telot who after beating th man frightfully with a staff smashed hisskull with it Bnrttelot ho says projected an expedition of his own to reach Casati Bonny confirms Stanleys account of the I murder of Barttelot except that Barttelot I had note cypress ctaff but a revolver in his hand and punched and kicked the woman Bonny justifies the sentence of death of the Soudanese soldier Burger Mahommed but says Stanley i entirely correct in stating that Barttelot projected an expedition of his own by which it was planned to reach Casati and not go to Uny oro Bonny threatened that he would en list the assistance of the Arabs to frustrate e this plan and therefore it was dropped He never thought Stanley was dead With regard to Stanleys charge against him of a lack of initiative Bonny says he is i giad Barttelots blood is not on his head as it would have been bad he violently re violentv re sisted and tried to stop Barttelot from doing what he had done The whole camp so execrated ex-ecrated the major that in a mement at the I raising of Bonnys hand Barttelot would h ave been tarn limb from limb Bonny admits that combined action might acton have succeeded but the relations of the officers were too strained and a single writ ten protest wouli have made the protester a marked man and it was no slight matter slght to incur Bart elots dislike Bonny de d ares that he has no doubt of the correctness correct-ness of the Jameson story Jameson I showed him a cannibalistic scene sketch and described it in detail Six sketches are now in possession of Jamesons widow They represent the tying up and killing and I carving of a girl and distribution of the flesh to the natives scrambling for pieces cooking and feasting Bonny declares that he told Barttelots brother of the whole proceeding and that had he published com publshed plete diaries they would throw much light I on the affair He says in conclusion that he can only believe that Barttelot was in sane He wrote to this effect to Sir Walter Barttelot relating his reasons for this be lief and he thought it a pity the dead mans relatives failed to take this charita ble view charia A communication from Stanley appears in this mornings Times in which appearS the names of the persons who informed him of the Jameson incident and says Jameson said that i such charge were brought against him he would deny it He also says a clergyman in London has seen the negros head and neck which ifameson has sent hdme to be ffmd w wv LV V Stmlev tnat stufed ri th ho could not have believed Lixueyaaa him story self had not Jameson appeared to glory in the fact that he was the only white man II who had seen cannibalism cannibalsm The Times calls upon Barttelot and Mrs Jameson to publish everything their pos session in order that the whole dreadful business may be cleared up The Einin Relief committee publfsheda 1 denial of the statements that they desired to acquire Emins ivory rather than to rescue res-cue Emins life The committee say they only stipulated that i ivory was found it should be used to defray their expenses but that none was received The expedi tion cost them 14330 Stanley gave his services gratuitously besides throwing up engagement of the value of over 50000 15000 and further generously placing at the dis posal of the committee all sums which tho press might pay for his letters on the expe dition which sums ammounted to 2000 Stanley was personally responsible for the selection of members of his staff and ar rangements were made with them |
