Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A wannan lokacin Arthur Desmond daga baya zai yi iƙirarin cewa ya ɗauki lokaci don shiga cikin Yaƙin Boer na biyu na Afirka ta Kudu, cewa a zahiri shi "memba ne na Janar. 'Bob's<unk> light horse a Cape Town da kuma Pretoria". Arthur Desmond ya kuma yi iƙirarin cewa ya kasance a cikin mafi girma da kuma mafi yawan jini guda yaƙi na Boer War <unk> Battle of Paardeberg
a watan Fabrairu na shekara ta 1900. Lokacin da aka kama Desmond kuma aka gurfanar da shi a gaban kotu a Chicago a 1904, ya sanya jaridu ta hanyar iƙirarin cewa bindigar da ya yi amfani da ita don hana rundunar 'yan sanda na Chicago ita ce wacce ya kama a Yaƙin Baardeberg.