IiLOYD'S

WEEKLY

NEWS.

JtJLY 4, 1909.
MAPAB LAL PHIffGBA.
Life Story of the Imperial Institute Assassin.
(By One Who Knows Him.) I know Madar Lai Dhin^ra. I knotr hc(*j him and his family, which ia well known azj-J highly respected at Amrit-aar, in the Pasjab, where.they live. The father-of the assassin is a prospered physician. He is more, for he take* a lea/ling part; in municipal affairs, and la a sort of father confessor to the people in th neighbourhood, who come to him not on! 7 for medical help bnt for guidance and advice in the aflairs of the world. One of his sona is a barrister, praatieiDa in the Punjab. I met him at Amritiar only last July, just before I left for Ensland. His heart will be especially heavr, because, as I shall show", he was {"he innocent first cause, in all human probabilit-, of .his brother's crime and of.the loss of to valuable lives. Though I knew the Dhingras in, India. T did not meet the boy Madar Lsl until March last. It was the 15th, a Monday, I remember Mid. by a stranse coincidence it wsa at vi As Home of the National Indian Aesooisti held at the very p_laco where the trager-r occurred on Thursday night. We wera introduced, and as I knew hia people ws aaturally became rather intimate. We spots about home, pf course, and then I turned the oonvers&tibn upon, engineering, beoanss Msdar^ told me fie was an engineerlE^ student, and engineering is a matter I am interested in.' But I noticed that he preferred to turn the conversation into political channsln. E gpoke of the Bengal extremists with out qualified approval. But that -was not 1*cjfuse they went too far, but because thnr did not go fax enough. " I WOULD DO MORE THAN TALK." " The Bengalis," I remember him sayiE;, " are very fond of using strong language "-" gassing " he called it" bus they do not back it up with deeds. The Government do not care what hard words are used against them.the only thing that would move them is physical force. " Ah! " he said, " if onl? the Sikhs were, equally excited; then tie results might ha disastrous to the English. 'If I joined in. this movement, I would do more than talk." I did abt put much value on what ha said. I- knew he belonged' to the military caste, and had rather a contempt for the Bengalis. But his talk was quite common talk for n Indian student. Many of them n such language in. conversation with on* another,' but it is only froth. I toot Dhingra to b* an idealist, who looked forward to the time when Indians would drive the British from India, but it never occurred to me that he was an anarchist and would develop into an assassin. He was an engineering student at University College, and at that time lodgwJ near in Gower Street. I came across him in the neighbourhood shortly after our first meeting aj the Imperial Institute, and ha asked me to his room. We had again soma desultory talk about Indian affairs. He spoke very strongly, as he had before, and used familiar terms, such as " the miserable ffnlf that is daily widening between Anglo-Indians and the Indian people," and " the isolation of British officials, leading to the deplorable result of increasing racial hatred." They are stock phrases, and I did not think very much of them. He made no reference to any individualscertainlj not to Sir Curzon Wyllie. I doubt whether Dhingra was aware ot Sir'Curzon's existence at that time. But he showed strong animus against AngloIndians generally, and quoted several instances to show that racial hatred waa becoming stronger every day and that the Indian people were regarded with contempt by officials. He told me of a relative of his who was travelling on. the railway and who because he happened to brush against a military officer was addressed as a; damned nigger" and told to get out of the way. His relative expostulated, and the. officer called the atationmaster and had the Indian gentleman turned off the train. OBSESSED BY GRZEYAffCES. I asked the boyhe is, I think, about twenty-two years of age, but I regarded him as 3. boy, for he was very boyish in his way= about his studies, and K6w he was getting on. As an engineer myself I thought I could give him useful advice, and I waafraid he was not paying much attention to his work. I hinted, in fact, that h should think less of politics and take up his studies more seriously. * He made various excuses. One was that he had not a very good memory"., Aiothsr. that he did not think the method of teaching was very suitable, for he was more or less a beginner, and the classes were too far advanced for him. I remember suggesting that he should join the engineering school at the Crystal Palace, where he could set elementary training. But the'general impression he left on mo was that he did not care very greatly for his studies, and that he devoted too much time to politics and to brooding over the grievances of his country and his countrvmen. The-grievance extended even to hi? landlady, who, he complained, was charging him too much.- As I had been a student for It seems that-he. was paying 25s. a for board and lodging, and as he' did not take lunch at the house he thought this was too much. He made the remark that Enelish people were very selfish, and 'that the Indian had no chance i^fair play. Thi* would be a thing too trivial to mention ii it did not throw a certain amount of liffht on the youth's character and the obsession of his mind. . I called at his lodgings some time in April, and was told that he had left. Thn landlady thought he was living at Highfate, bnt did not know his address, it did not require much intelligence on my part to know that Highgate meant India House, Highgate, where the followers o: Krishnavarma gathered. In addition to the opinions he-had, expressed to me I had Been him at a meeting sitting among the Innm House- contingent, and that confirmed TO" impression that he had been captured lithe extremists. But Dhingra, did not stop long at Hijfigate. It may have been part of the Blot thn f he should live at the'other end of London for I am convinced that there was a pl"t At any rate, I heard a month or so lat?that he was living in Ledbury-road, Ba.i1water. STR CURZ01S TVYLLIE'S KWTOESS. So much for Dhingra's movements ar<<f associates. NowJ come to the chief^ victim us were gathered to bid farewell to th Maheroa of Sirohi, who was returning '" India after a short visit to this county Sir Cnrzon was, as always, very kind an^ courteous to the Maheroa, and express. his regret that he could not make a imgf" stay in the country. I know, at any rate, that nobody COIIM have done more than Sir Curzon to mat the Mahcroa's stay pleasant. Hearing tli.v he was not comfortable at the apartmeirwhere he was staying, Sir Curzon took 1 7 Kreatest pains to find a suitably fprnishen house whgre the chief and his suite ecu ' live,in the style to which they are acc'itomed. He was also instrumental in p~" curing presentations to the King and <h" (Continued en Heit PajreJ

was, like o^her eyevwateesses, much atrnek Smith if he wished to put any qneshons to the constable, merely shook his head; by the coolness' of the assassin. Superintendent Albert Isaacs, a strikingly " I found Sir William Wylke," he said, lying an bhe floor .with a Wound in has left big man with a bushy flowing moustache, temple., A' ?jrief.: examination showed me stated that the prisoner was at Walton-street :his arrival about 12.30 a,m.. When he DISTINGUISHED ANGLO-INDIAN MURDERED BY NATIVE that he was:dead. -. T5ie other wvrujided man, on DiJ. Lalca<ja, wno has Mnce died ii hospital, wag charged with the double murder be saw him nod his head, while his lips moved, hut was lyingtori fige floor near Sir William, with ANARCHIST AT THE littPERIAIi INSTITUTE. ,.,.,. his feat beneath a ohair, "on wiidh sat the he could hear nothing. Again the magistrate turned to the priyoung Indian, held down by four or five soner, asking him whether he had any ques-persons.1 : .- -. ---_ " I lifted Dr..Lalcaoa by the.ShauldeiB nd tion to aek. For a moment the prisoner reWOUIJ)-BE EESCUEE ALSO SHOT DEAD. drew him /away from bhe oiair, but found mained silent. Then, in a deep, guttural : voice, he blurted out: he'was unconsqious "and eyid^ntisr dying. "I only wish to say there was no wilful " On makiiig'a closer .examination XiOTuid the mark b'f'a' Bullet-waund on the lower part murder in the case of Dr. Lalcaca. I did not of the- right, aids. , I ootild'naE.find any ocfier know him at all. When he advanced to take hbld^of me I simply fired in self-defence." marks, 'although five. or six ; shots had been On that evidence Mr. Bodkin asked for a PROVES TO BE FANATIC AX STUDENT. fii-ed.: . .' ,; "'It .struck me asrourioais that the assaala/nt remand, which the magistrate granted, till to at 11' a..m. The prisoners arms were never .utte.red a .stogie w,ord the -vrhole time. July His Sace^borefchat;LHscnitiabJeand imjyasgiye taken hold of by the police, and he was swiftly The Imperial Institute was .. the scene sharp .craeksj followed, after a short interval espreasion wiiah is usually aasociated with removed to the cells. There he chatted unreservedly in an animated way, with a . ' - ' - - . the. Ea^tenr-oh'arapter." late on Thursday night, during an " At byutwo more. : ; , ' ' smile on bis face, to the police, and was later . ''Hurrying fa the door of the room, I saw Hpine" given by the National Indian twa'DOilies "lying! oil th$ ground in pools- of KIBS BROKEN IN STRUGGLE. in the day conveyed in a four-wheeled cab by Association, of a terrible double murder, blood." .Qrie \vas quite still, .the other rolling . ., wio w a s t h ef i r s tperson detectives to Brixton Prison. about, under a soft Df'inodel palauquin ao lay hands oil', ^ve assassin told . a. .Press the Victims. b&iiig Lieut.-Cplonel Sir Wil- crowd of-:(?eaUemen were holding: thfe native . A.*S(KSia;tion r-apIrSsa.iitative on Friday night THE MURDERED OFFICER. liam. Hafrt. Curzon W.yllie, a distinguished by the wrists'. .The bodies were lying -between a'frraphio'sforyaf his struggle with, the murthem arid th&:d0qr. '".-'!".' ' '. ' . : ' ' Sir. Leslie-said AngloIndlin ppiitical officer, and Dr. ".Sir Leslie :Probyn,.TFto was one of those derer. 1 : "tfltoniJe.Tiigli'ed at. the fellow and aa-ug'ht Caiwsfl Lalcaca., a -Parsee physician. holding the .native, turnM.to me and said; Imldi'pf him,. "and succeeded in getbtinig tjhe Distinguished Career Both as Soldier and 'Oail tie' police.' .I-rushed-downstairs, and, lievolver awiay.;frcinv hitn.. I held ham fast Politician. As the entertainnjent was being brought as. there, wens 'ho police in -the hall or out- for two or tare;e,.min,iites until the.arrival of to- -a" conclusion", "and some of the gueata , side, I fan. is.: the direction of 'Exhibitionthe,p6Hee,;aiid;'theit.gay6 him in cSarJe. I Vere departipg, a, jxrang Indian student road, calling .'-Policei!' Police !' aiid asking also g*ve\ffie~polfojj'tae:reybiver he had been Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, K.C.Ii'B., went up 'to Sir Curzon Wyllie, and after the'. cabman to whistle and drive-oft for the iiging. .' InfchetsoutBeof my struggle with tie who was born in 18*8, was the youngest son engaging him in conversation suddenly police. ' J : . . , '-.' . . . . " ' ' . . assassin (altShpngilf I'severjet go of Mm. or -his of tie late General Sir William Wyllie. H revplver) I mu^stjiave.tumbled over, for I now first went to India as an ensign in the 106thproduced a revolver,:firingfive-shotspoint SCREENING THE BODIES. find, sfter.-haYiiig called in the doctor, that He;gimeiit in 1848, and three years later blank at his wctim's head. As Sir Curzon two ribs, broken.. "Ill .a short time a constable.' appeared, I have' fell dead Dr. Oawas Lalcaca endeayouied "By catching Hold offehe.aasasain at the entered the Indian Staff Corps. I followed him upstairs, where Lady time He served as an Assistant Commissionor to seize the assassin, and' was mortally ' ftad I did,' it probably prevented. him using Cnrzon Wyllie was sitting on the floor, hold- the other -.'revolver winch he had in. his in Oudh from 1870- to 1879. and waa then wounded in the body. ing up; her husband's head. The other body pocket. I took great cars, he did not use it transferred to the Political Department. Several gentleman who witnessed tbV .wasilying quite still. Heserved in Baluchistan under Sir Robert "The policeman proceeded to search the on"me. hooting at once seized the assassin, who When I found that the victim was Sir Sandsman during the Afghan war in that straggled desperately with his captors, native, who was still being held by Sir .Leslie Ourzoo. Wyllie I did all I could to helji his and the following year, and accompanied and others, and took out of his dear wife, wio was also a friend of mine, and Sir Eobert Phayre in his relief iof Oandahar. and, wrenching hia right hand free, put Probyn pocket a revolver and - a long knife in a after the body was taken airay Lady Probyn In 1880 he was Military Secretary to hh the revolver to his head. But in the leather case, which he handed bo- me. Governor of Madras (the Eight Hon. W. P. excitement of his deed he had lost count " lady Gtirzon Wyllie turned to me and ,and I txrok Lady Onrzon Wyllie home. 'i . of his shots, and the empty revolver only begged me to goat once for her own doctor, Decorated in 1881 for his 'services in,, the CALMLY DISCUSSED PEOSPECTS. Dr. MeOaskie. of Sydney-place, and . a gentleclicked harmlessly. Afghan war, he afterwards held successively drove off for him at once. I then sugIn an interview Miss Beck, secretary of the appointments of Political. Agent in In the inevitable confusion that followed man gested. that the screen should be brought National Indian Association, whose head- the charge of the eirGaeikwar of Baroda, Mulhar the murderer appeared totally uncon- out and 'placed round the bodies in the quarters are at Caxton Hall, said: "The Bap; Assistant British Resident in Hyderacerned. He stood calmly watching the verandah,' so : that the guests might depart party was just at its' close, and most of the bad; first Assistant Agent in Eajputana, f had left. Those of us remaining in the which he was terrible scene, and coolly asked his captors without;, seeing the gruesome sight, and I guests officiating Resident ; Poldthem to leave quietly, telling them hall were startled to lear the sound of shots ticaT Agent inlater Kotai; Resident' in MeWar; to allow him to adjust his turban, which asked being -fired in the vestibule leading to the and, finally,. Besident that something terrible had happened. in the West Eajpufena had been knocked off in the struggle. "-Tie screen, wias brought, and the guests hall stairway. At that time Sir Cnrzon States. On the floor lay the prostrate.form of Sir filed, slowly and. sadly away. . . . As she Wyllie was passing through the vestibule, He retired as lieutenan-t-colonel in 1901, to Curzon Wyllie, his head, in whfch.the first wjas entering her carriage. Lady Curzon having been a few moments preceded by take np the position of political aide-de-camp Wyllie. four shots had buried themselves, bleeding Wyllie turned, round and thanked all pre- Lady to the Secretary of State for India. " I think there were six shots fired; but for. their kind assistance, including the Decorated with the C.I.E. for his Afghan copiously, and near him, groaning in sent did not count them. The firing memed inter- service - ' - ' 1881, he waa created M.V.O. in. agony, was the . second victim of the police/* "The first four shots were all fired so minable. Some of tlie gentlemen present ran August, in1902, K.C.I.E. in the following outrage. quickly," said Sir. D. W. Thorburn, another into the vestibule, and there found Sir Cur- month, and C.V.O. in 1907. . To the doctor who came forward from eye-witness to a ." Daily Mail " correspon- zon Wyllie had been shot and another genHe married in 1881 Mias Carmichae], a dent, ." that 1 1 could do nothing. Then I tleman also. He had only a moment or two daughter of Madras Civil servant. amongst'the company it was evident in a mshed a at the assassin, and another man previously taken leave of his friends, and it The murdered doctor resided at the Engmoment- that Sir Curzon Wyllie was past sprang at him from the other side of the door. seems that Dhingra must have been waiting lish Settlement, Shanghai. He was L.E.C.P. his' aid, and he gave his attention to Dr. We seized .him, and he struggled.. Wresting for him in the vestibule for some little time. London in 1884, had taken the degree of " His conduct throughout the evening was of Lalcaca. one hand free,-he placed the revolver to his MiDjat the University of Brussels, and was quite ordinary, and not in the least suspi- a Licentiate The saddest incident in the tragedy was head and pulled the trigger, but it clicked cious. ia Medicine and Surgery of the I remember him only a short time University of Bombay. . the discovery by Lady Wyllie that it was harmlessly. He hadfired all his shots. before tie tragedy telling my sister of the Dr. Lalcaca was in England on a holiday, her husband who had been shot. She had "IT IS MT HUSBAND!" examination he intended going in for. He having oome from Shanghai about a_ month left his side for a moment to get her cloak entered into conversation with many people ago. He was an enthusiastic Loyalist, and "We got him to the ground and held his present in qnite a friendly way." before leaving, .and on returning did not was fond of urging it behoved .England wrists, and shouted for doctors and for the Moss Beck added that she did not think for to look better after that at once recognise who the victim was. her interests China. police to be summoned. A good many people moment that his intentions were known He had intended to go on a tour iain Scotland In the case of Dr. Cawas Lalcaca, hopes were quite near the open door, but inside the one to anyone else present. Were entertained of his ultimate recovery, hall, and they stood horrified by the sound " There were many students present," con- shortly. Lalcaca -was presented at the last Levee and he was conveyed to St. George's Hos- of the shots. Then they rushed to the fold- tinned Miss;Beck, "and altogether there. are byDr. Sir Curzon Wyllie. ing doors. Other men came round at once to 200 who belong to the association, some of pital, but died almost immediately. ive us assistance. ' Shut the folding doors '. ' them intimate friends of English membera, In the meantime, in answer to cries of ROYAL SYMPATHY. called, and this was done to prevent the and all perfectly friendly. The students pre" Police I ". Constable Nicholls, who was people seeing the fearful eight. sent last night were as much amazed and passing the Institute, ran up the steps, " A doctor was in the hall, and he came at Sir Arthur Davidson went, by command of horrified as their English friends. They and then came face1 to face with the once. He said, ' Nothing can be done for appear generally to feel that- they themselves the King and Queen, to Onslow Gardens on down by the side of the will have to suffer the consequences." Friday, to convey to Lady Curzon Wyllie tragedy. , To arrest the murderer, who, him,' as he knelt I had asked, while I was still their Majesties' sympathy with her in her V as stated, had already been held in check, Englishman. holding the Indian, ' Whom has he shot? N great loss. \ was the work of a moment, and he was Whom has he shot?' Someone, I don't know Sir Arthur Bigge also called and personASSASSIN IF THE DOCK. ally conveyed the sympathy of the Prince trprnptly taken to Walton-street Police who, called out in horror, ' It is Sir Curzon and Princess of Wales. Wyllie!' 'tation. Lady Wyllie is suffering greatly from "A stately woman in <ferk evening dress the Death of His Second Victim Was ehoek, Here his coolness and self-possession came upstaira from the cuoak-roorn. at the and her condition is causing some 'ere as marked as they had been during sound of the shots to see what has happened. Not Premeditated. anxiety. he progress of the tragedy of which he ' Poor fellow ! ' she said, as she looked at the form of the Englishman on the floor. She 'was the author. .v 6UABDIN6 LORD MORLEY. When. Dhingra appeared in the dock a* knelt down, for the wbnmds iad disfigured Mm. Then I saw horror leap to her eyes. Westminster Pojice Court on Friday, charged ARMED TO THE TEETH. A Press representative visited MowerQuite quietly she said, "It is my husband; with the wilful murder of .Sir Curzon Wyllie meads, Wimbledon Park, the residence of ', About twenty-five years:of age, of slight my.h'USQand! Why wasn't! with him? ' , and Dr. Cawas Lalcaca, there, were no. the Secretary State for India, early on Frii but wiry build, with' curling black hair, '"It was Lady Wyllie, She. had only left. Indians present, either inside or outside the day morning, of and conveyed the first news of ' and .wearing gold spectacles, and, a pale blue. Jiar husband 'a few miwites. before to get her the outrage to Lord Morley. Although his _ , turban, he quietly answered the station cloak, and he'was following her wh^n..the was still .unacquainted with the sad Indian student engaged him-in. conveirsatipn.'- The.Iadian' had slept soundly during the lordship of nis aiderde-camp, policemen, both in inspector's questions, and without, a The scene was terrible. The lady kneeling nds^it, and rose with a, demejujortr that was fate clothes and in. uniform, were. posted in tremor wrote Ms name, " Madar Lai Dhia- by her dejid husband: a group of us holding almost cheerful. At 'eight o'clbcfc he ate a plain lane outside Flowermeads. gra," when asked his identity. the Indiaa, and ttie other victim lying groan- hearty .breakfast of fish, tread,. and tea, .and the The Pressman first saw Lady Morley, who He had evidently come well-prepared for ing upon the floor. a few yaTds.aiway, was 'visited in the cell' by detec- was greatly distressed when, the news of the Tie dob_tor tamed Sis attention to the afterwards assassination was broken to her. She immehia crime. In addition to the revolver second tives of the Political Department of Scot^ vdciajn. -Ttere_ were no ?igns of a laud Yard. '. - diately summoned her husband, and put the fired another was found in Dhingra's .wound on , ' '.'..-.-' Mm iinitil his olobhing was torn On hiin. at the time of arrest were found paper containing the intelligence into his pocket fully loaded. It was a counterpart open, whoa a tiny bulletxwound in hia side two hands. Lord Morley, too, was greatly automatic pistols, one with, all six of the one used, and a very' powerful wiaa revealed. OWier doctors came, and then chambers discharged, and a dagger in shjeath. shocked by the tragic story, but refrained weapon. He also carried a long knife and the pjolioe. Oe of the doctors was Sir Cnrzon There, were also "two" written 'documents, in from making any statement on the matter, own pwivaite medical man," who was tfe form of .essays, of ; a 'fanatical Character, and shortly afterwards left for the India a sharp new dagger concealed in a leather Wyllie's fefcohed.at the urgent appeal of Lady Wyllie. said fo be all. m hia 'handwriting. . These Office. , sheath. " The assassin was absolutely oajnj. While d<SQUtnenfe made: reference fo the' removal Numerous visiting cards and a written I was holdiig him, sonjejfew miliutes ;after f rom th-is woridflf " Feiirighees "-as -entitling TWO CORONERS' WQUESTS. statement, in which he attempted to the fcpagedy, I t;ook the opportunity to feel the slayers tx> a- higher place in Heaven. , justify his crime, were also found upon his pulse. There was not a tremor in h,is Dhingra was driven to the police-court Unless other arrangements are made, two . arm, not the slighleat h&stening of the pulse-. in a cab, and when Mr. . Horace 'Smith him. separate inquests willhe held, for the actual beat. His gold-rimmed spectacles had fallen On Friday at Westminster Police Court out of position in the struggle. He asked took his-seat'shuffLed into the dock, hj* right deaths took place in different coroner's disinteriocKed with the arm of a stajwart, . . ' Dhingra was brought before Mr. Horace permission to readjust them. We loosened arm police-pffieerf.wb.0; never.let his.glanoe wander tricts. Sir. Curzon Wyllie died in the Imperial InSmith. Only evidence of arrest was given,. me hands a momewt, and h quickly pushed' Irdm the'jprispner. stitute, which is in the district of the Chelsea the spectacles back over his ears. I think and the prisoner was remanded for a week. he wag by. far tie least .'agitated of those who Of small staturaand slight Tjuild, he looked coroner, Mr. Luimoore Drew, He will proban iusiwnifioaitt'fieuire as he came into court, ably hold bis inquiry at the Kensington Town Dhingra, it was afterwards stated, came were present." ,; _ ' . - . . ' . . - . . ' - '. with has hands thrust deep in hie - trousers Hall. . from Amritsar, in the Punjab, the relipoeketei but" showed no sign, of emotioji <>r Dr. Lalcaca was .conveyed to St. George's CALLOUS DELIBERATION. gious capital of the Sikhs about ttfree mentel, dishvrbaiee. When, he was face to Hospital, where he died. The hospital is in years ago, and entered at University How deliberate the murderer was in exe- :fate wibh the magistrate, however, he drew the district of the Westminster coroner, Mr. College, London, as a student of engineer- cuting his plans was" told by Capt. C. Bolles- himself upright, and ttere was a momentary Troutbeok, who has fixed the inquest for 10.30 ing. He had during his university career ton, an old Indian officer, who was present, gleam in his black deep-set eyes as he leaned on Monday: morning. made .himself . very prominent as an to the " Globe," whose correspondent he was against tine rail. His tiin, brown, yellow Morocco. He said : face, wiUr prominent crirvedrnpse and upper agitator in connection with 'the Indian in " SINISTER EPISODE RECALLED. At a. quarter to eleven I was standing on Up,. was not Ifljokiiig in. -intellisence, and ma disaffection movement. the platform at one end of the Jehangir Hall gold-iimmed speotadles gave^him a soflolarly The vigilance of the Scotland Yard authoriAfter the tragedy, on Thursday night talking to a friend. There was a pause at the air. Altogether, however, in his Well-worm has heen greater since Sir William Leethe body of Sir Curzon Wyllie was con- time m the programme. I heard a noise suit and with a tangle of black uncombed ties a retired Indian official, was threatexactly like a firework cracker-going off. I curly hair straggling over his forehead, he Warner, veyed to his residence in Onslow-square supposed ened & month or two ago by an Indian it was, something of the kind, and looked an unkempt figure. to await the inquest. A pathetic incident some , mischievous student while walking across the Horse person was doing it. I He wore, a high double collar, and the coat is that only that evening there had arrived could not see from the position I was in either of the dai-k,.grey-striped reefer suit was but- Guards' Parade. Maay studeuts hare been closely shadowed. froih Siam, Sir Curzon's nephew, who was the assailed or the person who fired. I only toned ovec we waist, concealing all but the , upper edges o-f a fancy vest of fawn-coloured anxiously looking forward to seeing his heard a report. -' After about five shots a young man material. The police had taken tie preYIEWS OF THE CRIME. uncle. He had retired to bed, and was appeared close to the open door at the side of caution of taking the laces out of his boots an-akened to hear the sad news x>f the the hall leading to the stairs. He delibe- and removing his tie and braces, in ojrder to XT. Surndraneth Bannjae. murder, and to witness the arrival of the rately fired at a gentleman in evening clothes prevent any attempt at self-destruction. Mr. Surendraneth BaneTJee, one of the standing on the landing at the top of the dend body of his beloved relative. SHOWED O SIGN OF EJfOTIOff. Indian delegates to the Imperial Press ConOn Friday Sir Arthur Davidson called stairs, both men then being witljin sight. I ference, says."Every Indian student in saw the gentleman in evening dress fall backStanding with h/is hands on: his hips, on Lady Wyllie, who is prostrate with wards, . This, I afterwards learnt, was Dr. country shares my sentiment of abhorDhingra followed tie evidence without any this grief, and conveyed to her messages of Cawas Lalcaca. rence of this terrible crime. I beg that the of emotion, and did not evince even a British public will dissociate the Indian 6Vep sympathy and condolence from the """I- at once '.made my way to tEe door trace passing interest in. the people who scanned King and Queen, who have been' much thwugh a group of pruests, and on gaining him intently oi every aide.. On the* charge- community here from this awful crime, committed by a fanatic who had been steeped in the landing I saw Sir William. Curzon Wyllie moved by the awful hatu-e of the tragedy . lying mofa'onless'oliose to the open door. Dr. sheet he waa deaoTibed-as Madar Lai Dftinsrra, and poisoned by Anarchical literature." a native of the Punjab, and an engineering Carnnas' Lalcaca was rolling on the ground Sr. D. C. Ghoso . ';..'-"..- . apparently in death, agonies. Several gen- student, A number .of documents wre hamded by KNEELING BY THE DEAD. This prominent Indian student in London tlemen, including two or three Hindus, were Supts. Quih and Isaacs " to Sir Charles says: - W e entirely dissociate ourselves grappling with a young Hindu, whose turbau Mathews, the Public Prosecutor, who Inbeen knocked off in the struggle. spected them with Mr. Bodkin, the Treasury from all connection with this fanatic." Eye- Witnesses Yjvidly Deribe tfce Tmiblt Sad " I helped to liold hiin, face downwards, counsel. Mr. Heir Bardl*. and suggested that he gJionld be searched. Scenes- that Followed the Shooting. Mr.' Bodkin then said : " I propose to-day " The crime will be repudiated by every On piuftmg my hand into his breast cqat- simply to prrove tihe arrest of this prisoner on responsible sectioiK of Indian opinion, and pooket I found some papers; and I also found- the charge of double murder. He me.de no will' be very bitterly resented. There is no In vivid tefms the terrible tragedy is thus a penknife, pince-nez, and same keys. While , reply wiheh obarged, and I ehflll- ask for a movement in India which would adopt such described by Dr. John. C. Pollen, of, the Bom- I was doing bhis another gentleman put his remand eight days in. order that proper bay Civil Service, who is the bon. secretary h,and;inito one.of hia outside pockets and took inquiriesfor may be made.about the prisoner, so methods." of the East Indian Association, and was close out a. revolver aid a d>gger in asheatli, about til* t we' may be able' to put; the: full case before Mr. W. T. Stead. to the spot where the fata.1 shots were fired .:. a' foot long. , y-ou'." -. . . " I do not attach any political significance "We had had. a most successful "evening, " It striack me tlartT might be able to get Evidence of 'the arrest wa gii?en by Con- whatever to it. He might just as well have and everything went very happily/ About some information from the assailant, and stable rrederick, IJichbls. He stated that killed one of his own countrymen." cloven o'clock, just at the end of the pro- spoke to him. H said his' address was Led- about ten minntes pasfc^ejeveh the previous Mr. Victor orsyBon, M.P. gramme, when some of the guests were begin- buryuroAd, BayjwateT.-and-I think lie gave night he went to the Indian eectjpn of the ning: to depart. Sir Curzon Wyllie and Lady thip. 'number. I .questianed iim1 as to what Imperial Institute. He there saw the- pri" While feeling the deepest sympathy with W.ylHo, who had been dining at the Savoy made him do this ttvm. Speaking slowly Bonor being held by some gentlemea, and also the unfortunate victim and_ those bereaved, with Sfr..Ftt*lbhoy,.of Bombay, and had only and distinctly, he said, ' I wjll tell the police.' 6aw, the bodies' of Slr'Curzon Wyllie and Dr. I earnestly trust that it will be a warning looked' in for a short time, left the room His bearinff was perfootjy cool, and there was Lalcaca. . .'. ' . - . . - ' : . , .to the Governmentthat no people can for L&dy C'urzon Wyllie'arld Mr. Farilbhoy lead- a total absence of tremor or.ajn tatipn. ThinkHe took the prisoner. into custody. After long resign themselves, peacefully to senseitiS, am! went downstairs fo the clonk-room. jng I coold g&trsomefclling (Jut of him if I ques- an.lijterval he-was tsl?en to the Waltoa-sfreet less tyranny and misrule." "Sir Cureon Wy.llie stopped fbr a few tipiwa.hiin-in Hitidunam, I put a question to Police Staa6n.-.-He was detained^ there for a moments in the verandah qt the head of the him in that language, but he made no. aqswcr time, and then charged.' The' constable added Mr. Ssmnay Maoaonnld. ' . "" ' utairs overlooking the roadway, and I saw a that be saw Sir CiJrzpn Wyllie wa^ dead on . " I do not believe that there is any organisa. ntleman come up and Speufc to Dr. John; Buchanan, who was a guest at th'e hie arnyal. Dr. Lalcaca, hpwoveri wa^ Btill tion behind responsible for the tragedy. I I did not Tbear tf hat h^toenod duhnj? the con- coarjeTsszione ^nd on. the ocourtence' of the alive. '" .; ' \ . ' " "..- ' ' ; '- believe it to be a case at individual aberraversation, but suddenly there camo four a;tpnce'Wcilt to the aid of the victims, The prHsncr, on being1 aSked By Mr. Horace tion."

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