Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1890 — BARTTELOT’S CRUELTY. [ARTICLE]

BARTTELOT’S CRUELTY.

IJonney, Who Was His Companion in Africa, Tells the Terrible {^tory* The London Times, Sunday, publishes a three column signed statement from Mr. Bonney. The writer opens by regretting that Barttelot’s brother has forced thedis' closure of a painful story. Bonney says that Stanley only heard of the poisoning suspicions from him on the 26th of last October, in the course of conversation on Barttelot’s book. Bonney testifies that when Barttelot and Jameson after questioning Arabs belonging to Stanley’s pres" vious expedition as to the fate of Pococke and others expressed—the opinion thatStanley would poison anybody. He adTnit.tcd that rumors to that effect werecurrentln Europe. Nothing waseveragainst ” Stanley. Barttelot and Jameson agreed not to partake of liis hospitality Bonney confirms the report that Barttelot asked him for a tasteless poison with which to remove the Tippoe Tibs nephew, Selim, with whom he had a quarrel. Bonny protended to search for such person, but hid all the poisons. Ho then told Barttelot, who was angry, that he procured cyanide of potasium, but rejected it as useless for the purpose on acs count of its salinity. Barttelot did not make further attempts to poison Selim. Bonny confirms the statement that Barttelot deliberately hit a woman, and that ho prodded the natives frequently with a steel pointed staff. He says the boy Soudi died from a kick of Barttelot’s and that John Heam, the interpreter, died from a flogging of 300 bushes given by Barttelot. Four soudeuese oach gave him seventy«five lashes, the boy [becoming in. sensible, his body swelling twice its natural size. On the same night he prodded a Manyemathirty times and ended by beating his brains out. He says that he can only account for the cruelty by the belief that Maj. Barttelot wus insane.