On July 14, 1903, three natives were held prisoners at the post of Fort-Crampel, in a grain silo which serves temporarily as a cell. One of them, Pakpa, had been arrested two days earlier: he had worked as a guide for Georges Toqué, but following an ambush, the administrator suspected him of treason and ordered Fernand Gaud to capture and shoot him. After the arrest, Toqué renounces the execution but has Pakpa locked up in the silo.
