When I interrogated him he admitted that fire-arms and ammunition were stored within the area and the Arabs had planned soon to use them; he also told me that many of the people killed by my soldiers had not been residents in the houses where they were found. This news of conspiracy confirmed other information I had received earlier and I became enraged.
Kwa hakika walipanga kufanya shambulizi hilo siku ya tarehe 13 Januari. Nilipata habari hizi kutoka kwa kijana aliyekuwa karibu kuuawa na wanajeshi Wazungu. Wanajeshi hawa walikuwa tayari wameshawaua watu 40 katika eneo hilo na nilikuwa na bahati ya kuwasili hapo wakiwa wanataka kummaliza kijana huyu kwa risasi. Nilipomsaili zaidi, kijana huyu aliniambia kuwa silaha zilikuwa zimehifadhiwa katika eneo hili na waarabu walishapanga kuzitumia hivi punde tu; pia aliniambia kuwa wengi miongoni mwa wale waliouawa na askari wazungu hawakuwa wakaazi wa nyumba walizokutwa.