Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-09-28


lofhlm is thus gwen by "a gentleman who was pres
ent I'd mir exeoution:--"liis ancestors lave beer
1hues for many generations, and his brother
Luebman, is still one Of their leadets, 0fa gIea
variety of murders delniled in evidence, select
few as specimens. The irst ofioir al which Dirg
paul figures is in tie year 1917, at the murder o
q punGit nj Selodla, village one march north
west VI SauguL The body Of the pundit, will
those OF some Olhrrs in the same gave, was dis
inferred by Captain Seenau. ie was next con
cetned In tile murder OF fourteen shopkeeneIs q
S Togne, and got 1000 rupees, equivalent 10 abou
el80 slehng, The day after, seventeen ROhlas
marching through lhislaIl Of The country, fell II
with The gang, and were likewise slTanged b!
DiIgppul and bis party. In 1921 lie was concern
ell IA the murder Of four police guaIls at place
called Bhan9otei the bodies were b0ted In u nyu
let. The following ilay, native officer OF HoI
kHtS Amy, Will four troopers, came up ana lhrl
also were dIansled, and the bodies buried unde
mango Trees. -Four days subsequent to these muir
deTss they fell In With NqwauO, wIJse name w1'
Amber Khan, und hls wife, and ten solulSLS q,
oil Whom were murdered by this gang !ust "
they had completed theft work, eleven eoioAalIess
OF carriers OF Gangrs waleIi came upI wuo sus
Meeting what they had been about lei out hlN'
OF the Kind. The consequences was, that lhe Baut
OF Thugs fell on them also, aud me Who.e parry
were slIangled. Their Lodies were bnTeu " solllt
empty houses close byi aud the bones Of !htst .
tVe0lYsl0ECG uulOIlullAg VIZ lHls INV t-''~'A
dug 10 by Captain Sleelmnhs people, aud an III
quest Leld on iieL by the native local aulhol'ues
In 1923 he Yves principal In the murder OF ele'
ven men, one woman aud one glTl, ~ ali lhH'
teen, on their way from Poonah towards lnuoIe'-
Tie ganS Of Thugs amounted to lou. pllsp9ui
was Tue man who cajOed The pahN and peIsuaueu
them to niaEclin company with them. The DooIy
on this occasion was ,OOOibpers. After haIIing
doynt this place OF murder they were joined Oy
more tTeasuFs. bearers, travelling wiihiOur ponies
| In suquesteTed spoil, Of midday, the Whole WsIe
| murdered, aud the bodies thrown INTO the Jungle.
| The treasure found OH them amounted 70 2o,VVV
fupees tG24OO The last acl recorded OF DlTgt
paul was HE nluilsT OF native officer oil rank,
| IN the service Of the queen Ol OdelPo0TI called
LulI Singh, Of biAwite, lenale servant, and SIX
men followers. Tie Thugs mustered 800 slfong'
| 1GlS Of whom were under Tue commend Ol Dug
paul, who was the principal man ~ concerning
the murders, with another notorious leader. Ihe
subaldaY LOll Singh lode mare, aud his VIE was
nursing 40 infant boy. The lhNgs kept in com.
pany with The travellers for some doIs, aud by one
Of the leaders nding lUTye whose toll was docked,
they persuaded the subanday that they were Sc
poys aud that the rider got The horse from his Eu-
| IOpean officer. Having intoxicated him with OPT
un and stTanoniun, the Thugs Tell OIL him aud his
companions little after dusk, and The whole Were
killed, with tile exception Of the lntinlI whom
| DiRpnul kept and adopted. THIS child was
/ UIOuBnl III WIN Tue IllaOuGll NuW " INV VuuNN'
ting at the SauguT government School, nl The ex'
nenss o[the Government This man had slngu
| lar leeT on his cOunlenancei when he was unde
trial for his life, aud subsequently,, wien sentence
OF death was being passed on him, 1t did moi for
sake hun; aud, with his little wooded spindle
twisting cotlon lie Affected caGeleSSness at once
unnatuIAl and Indecent. he was executed, VIII
twenty nine others, on the morning Of the BOIL
June, 1882; aud although his courOge was great
his cauti, mwAs also conspicuous Six cats con-
Veyed them 10 the place OF execution, which wat
outside the town Of SauguT, about a square. Tie
gibbels were erected Temporarily, and iJTmed three
sides Of square. The posts supporting the cEosI
poles were fixed into slone.walls, about five lee
high, aud lIOm the edge Of one sIOne'wall to The
other, a beam was placed ioE The wJetched men L
stand on after ascending the ladders.
The noUses " eie all ready, hanging from the
lcross-btGms, aud zach man as he larded on lh'
platform selected Il rope. Considering 1t an ever
LISTING disgrace to their homes to die by the hund
Of the common hangnan, the condemned Ilug'
no sooner TAXI hold Of tile balteb than they push
their heads into tue moose, and with loud shOul
ind cheers, adjust thu knot behind the ear, iuml
on, aud launch themselves Into eteTll'yl Tn
beam ogansl which Tie ladders ate testing, is thu
lplatiorin on which they stand, and which Is with
l,lIawn; but tile lnen ute Bll oil SwiI glng beioT
this can lie done. DiTgpaul wniled 10 see neaTl
all lis companions oil, and well remember tn
losl look lie took Of them before he Swung lion
The fatal BEAM" ...
The character Of this extraordinary race is lul
Of what our habits Of thinking would moline us 4
consider as Inconsistencies. With all their super
slitious vereIalion oil the priesthood, and tLOug
solne Of them ore themselves BTahmins, they ina
no scTuple 10 kill pelsOns oil that snoTed OTdsr.-
Though so TemOIseltss in general that they wil
destroy even thOse " hO have pressIVed item lIOI
PRISON and death, they 0Ts capable o: manifest
liug SONS ~ lie most amlabe feelings. They Will
as IN tile case oil Dlgpau, preserve aud cherish
helnless child, they will lament The death vi
friend VI relation with u e bitteIesl grief, and d
anything, even To the surrender VI themselves
Justice, 10 eXtICute their wives aud chlltIen iIOl
Imprisonment. PeTingn, the Jtmanda Of III
Thugs, when in confinement ayowtd that b
would have "suTTend,Ted himself alter lie Bis
affair, If lie had met the party Of Nujeebs who ha
chnIga OF his family; and he more than once buTs
Into avod Of tears, on an ILLUSION being mad
TO his relations no were condemned IN the Bis
trial, aud hanged OF JabbulpOO." IL we reflect
however, upon the circumstances under who
this trade is carried On, aud the motives which ani
mate It's professor, we shall be less surprised Il
these eXemnliicalions Of human kindness. III
following oil this nude VI life is evidently not III
result vi an original disposition 10 lnuTdeIi th
Thugs aTe no collection Ol lovers OF blood ton oil
India, hut q localized race, eaCn Of whom, what
ever he his oIgnPl lUndenOlES, is forced by kin
OF destiny Of blood 10 adopt the business 0i sluugh
Tier. Superstition llus evidently supplied lie prs
line impulse IL lib awful trade, and still ber
greatly TO maintain IL in Yigor Taught byall tlln
he holds sacred To regard murder and robbery a
honorable and advantageous IN this world, an
still more 50 with view to the next, the Thu
must proceed to his dreadful work with min
quite Of peace with ITSELF " hen, IN addition
tie sanction obtained from the objects OF worship
the young Thug has Tie authority and TeCOmmeI
"a Re GnF Il tfu he