Pa Malichi 29, 1940, zuŵa lakuti machero ghake ŵamukomenge, Gerhard wakalayira ŵapapi ŵake, wakati: “Nichali mwana. Kweni para Fumu yinganipa nkhongono, ningathera yayi, nakuti ndicho nkhulomba.” Gerhard wakakomeka m’ma 6 koloko mulenji. Ŵakwenera kuti ŵakachita kumudumura mutu. Pa dindi lake ŵakalembapo kuti: “Wakafwira Kuchindika Chiuta.”