A TRAITOR SHOT.
The Globe correspondent with Lord Methuen's force reports as to the shooting of the si.alio:snissti:r at. Orange River as follows-: — "Did you hear about that cursed stsitionrnaster at ihe Orange Hivc-r 1 He hasbpen s!:o', and it serves him righ ; ". Ke has Ise.-n telegraphing to the .liofrs ail .our Movements r.nd arrivals in camp, nv.d he was found ont qnife, by accident. An .officer one night, wliile on outpost ciut} 7 , captured two Boer spies, who told him they knew all abo-tt us, how many troop? had orriver! in camp, and in fset everything thr-re was to know that would kill us. Tho officer at fir st pooh-poohed this, but win n th^y were taken before the General they told the same tale, and adder! that it came fcmi the station. We w ere all staggered sit this, as you c-w. guess, and the stationmaster was wheeled out and q-cs'ir.ncf!, and the cur confrs?ed and said ihe telegraph clerk transmitted the. !n?s;agee. The dirty lioup.d?, ih.ey were both Engli?hr>iMi, and you hflicvo it % I cannot. Tfiey weiv spce.cMy trier), n\v\ before (lie day was well on tf.e sTiVionrnast.M- was shot, howljnq for mutcv, and the tolfgraph cletk sent down to Capetowu where he will be imprisoned.
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Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1376, 16 February 1900, Page 6
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209A TRAITOR SHOT. Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1376, 16 February 1900, Page 6
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