THE CAPE RAIDERS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 14222, 19 November 1906, Page 7

THE CAPE RAIDERS.

CAPTURE OF FERREIRA AND HIS PARTY. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. CAPE TOWN, November 16. Ferreira’s following has been reduced to twelve. (Received November 19, 12.8 a.in.) CAPE TOWN, November 18. Ferreira and his party have been captured. IDENTITY OF FERREIRA. Captain Hutton-Tayldr, at present on a visit- to Auckland, who served throughout the Boer AVar, and carried out various military duties in South Africa after tho conclusion of hostilities, in an interesting chat with an Auckland “Star” representative, stated that he believed* the man Ferreira, at present giving considerable trouble in South Africa, was a man name Piet Ferriera, at one time a Field Cornet under General De la Rey, and an individual who had given considerable trouble both to the Boers and British. Captain Taylor describes him as. a magnificently built man, standing six feet three inches .in height, about thirty year© of age, muscular, absolutely fearless and regard’less of consequences. In 1904 the British Government disposed of 15,000 mules to the German Army for use in the German South West African War against the Hereros, and Piet Ferreira was one of ,tlie men engaged to conduct the mules across the border under the command of Captain Taylor. “Ferriera,” adds" Captain Taylor, “was always a quarrelsome man, and stubbornly resented anything approaching discipline, and it was always his boast that before long he and his comrades would got their own back.” Eventually Ferriera deserted, and Captain Taylor firmly believes that he is the white man reported to have been seen with the Hereros, directing their operations, and committing depredations upon tho stock of friend or foe alike. Captain Taylor attaches not tho slightest importance to" the outbreak, and lie regards Ferreira as “ the usual kind of lunatid with a swelled head, because he has evaded capture.” “ Anyway,’’naively concluded Captain Taylor, “ Ferreira is a blundering ass, who i« bound to- squabble with anyone who joins him, and there is not the slightest danger of any but a few malcontents, who have been kicked out of house and homo hy both Boers and British, who would ever embark on such an undertaking.”