Up against it in Nigeria . o)may be similarly placed one day. A second execution took place shortly after-wards, and on this occasion the wretch, who hadshot his victim with a poisoned arrow, offeredme, at the usual interview, £1,000 to desist frommy sinister purpose on the morrow! On in-quiries, I learnt from the scribe that the manpossessed ko toro * and next morning justicetook its course. He was on the verge of col-lapse when the bolt was released. Isaac, by the way, was not much in front ofan illiterate, but at least a tryer. Inspectingthe prison register one day, I came across thefollowi
Up against it in Nigeria . o)may be similarly placed one day. A second execution took place shortly after-wards, and on this occasion the wretch, who hadshot his victim with a poisoned arrow, offeredme, at the usual interview, £1,000 to desist frommy sinister purpose on the morrow! On in-quiries, I learnt from the scribe that the manpossessed ko toro * and next morning justicetook its course. He was on the verge of col-lapse when the bolt was released. Isaac, by the way, was not much in front ofan illiterate, but at least a tryer. Inspectingthe prison register one day, I came across thefollowing three consecutive entries : Name. Previous Occupation. Distinctive Marks. Audu Thief Same old pox marks Rufai King Do. do. do. Mai Cannibal Not so much marked :scratch on belly One of the causes celebres of this year atBauchi was the burglary, during a raging tornado,of the post office, and the subsequent confessionand trial of one, Suli Yola. The full story waspublished in the May (1915) number of Black-1 Not even
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