BEN VILJOEN'S DENIAL.

North Otago Times, 8 April 1905, Page 5 (Supplement)

BEN VILJOEN'S DENIAL.

Ben iljcen authorises a denial of mi.it no describes as tlio ridiculous storv of a horse-whipping ho is alleged to have received at tho hands of an English music-hall artiste ti. Chicago, he thro:iloii s to sue tlio American wipers responsible for tlio circulation of the unfounded statement. A Chicago telegram recently reported •tuat General Viljocn, tlio lioer ex-com-inaiuler, was assaulted t,ho piovious night at tho entrance of the Coliseum by an English girl, named .Miss May Belfort, As the general approached tlio eutranco Miss llolfort Middonly blocked his tray, and accosted him, saying, "You promised to marry me, and liavo not done so, and I have come from England purposely to punish you." (ioiieral Yiljoen appeared greatly astonished at seeing tlio lady, and exclaimed, "Why, May, where lv.no von come from?" Miss Beifort, with giving Jinn time to say moro, shouted, "I'll teach yon to break your premi-e;,» !m <i drawing a lioi>o-nhip which she held concealed behind her hack began boating the general over the head with it. llio general stood his ground for a moment or wo trying to expostulate with tho lady, but she was too an cry to listen, and kept 011 plying her whip with vigour. Before the onlookers could interfere the general turned and fed from the spot, while Miss llelfcrt threw the whip aside, and left the fastgathering crowd.