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(4) Bhurey Khan, age 25, charged under section 454, I. P.C., a most dis-
reputable scoundrel. On admission, on the 8th September 1898, he was violent,
laughed and sang all day long, was dirty in his habits, smeared himself over with
excreta, was continually asking, " Where has she gone?" and threw excreta at the
warders. A few days after, he became perfectly sane, and some time after, a ladder
made of pieces of bamboo and ropes was found in his cell. He is now sane and fit
to stand his trial, and confesses that he was in the habit of smoking ganja.
(5) Gappoo, age 20, charged under section 379, I. P. C., another disreputable
scoundrel and a friend of Bhurey Khan.
On admission he had a vacant look and laughed without cause; thought he was
a rich man and had lent lacs of rupees to several people ; would not continue one
idea in conversation, was dirty, sleepless, and did not observe his caste rules.
He attempted to escape with Bhurey Khan.
States that he often drank ½ to ¾ of a bottle of liquor, and that one day
he went to a Mela and smoked a pipe of ganja, and remembers nothing till he
found himself in the Police lock-up. Is now quiet and fit to make his defence,
but he will not do so.
(6) Bihari, age 55, charged under section 379, I. P. C., a very sad case
indeed. When admitted into the Asylum, his demeanour was most peculiar.
When questioned, he wept and stood looking into vacancy with a most sad
expression.
He states that his wife first called him pagal , but gives a very incoherent
account of why she did so, interjecting the fact that he is dying and that he has
worked at white-washing, and that his brother has three children. States his wife
has left him, the reason being that she is a woman and it is a woman's way. The
cause is supposed to be grief on account of the sudden death of his young brother,
to whom he was greatly attached.
States he left his work because others used to abuse him, and that he then
used to go to the jungle and collect wood and live on the sale of it. One day,
he saw a stack of old bamboos, and he took a bundle intending to keep half the
proceeds and pay into the Treasury the other half.
(7) Achhargu, age 32, charged under section 302, I. P. C. This is a
case of a good man gone wrong. He is a relation of the Dewan of the Garraoli
State, in Central India, and used to ride and shoot well, but apparently he took to
smoking ganja and used to beat his wife. The Dewan kept him under observa-
tion for 15 months, when he had improved greatly, though of weak intellect. He
allowed him to go back to his home. He met a man of the Danwa caste and
obtained him employment in the Garraoli State. He lived in his village, and one
day he heard rumours that the man was seen laughing and talking with his wife and
daughter. They being purdah-nashins, it enraged him very much. " One day,"
he states, "when taking my food in the Thakur's house, the man came and sat
opposite me, which annoyed me, and on my way home he continually teased me.
One day, walking in the jungle with my rifle over my shoulder, I met the man
again, and God and the devil put it into my head to kill him, and I ran my
bayonet through him. I first thought of running away, but decided not to, and
lay down in the field adjoining and was arrested by the State Police."
When admitted into the Asylum, his demeanour and expression were those
of a man not in his right mind. He smiled without cause and seemed to be
continually lost in a train of thought entirely disassociated with his surroundings,
and had a general appearance of melancholy. He was violent and dirty for
a few days, but is now quiet and slightly melancholic. He now works in the
cook-house.
(8) Munna Chippa, age 28, charged under section 302, I. P. C.—Murder.
I cannot understand this case.
He was admitted in a very emaciated and debilitated state ; is very mournful
and continually muttering to himself; said at first he could not remember killing
his wife. Two months after admission, he was still melancholic, and says that he
now remembers killing his wife, but that he does not know why. She was