The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-07-25

10 some marks upon The floor. a guam
ity Of blood had run down upon grass
mat at the side of the bed, and not far
from this upon the floor, were several
bloody prints, which appeared to mo
to have been made by mans hand.
They were certainly not the print of
human foot. / could only account for
them upon the supposltion that the
murderer had slipped and fallen, or
had been pushed overly the struggling
zemindar, and that here was where his
bloody hands had struck. The win
dow was open, and we found stains of
blood upon the stool very much IN tho
shape Of those on the floor This sleep
jng-room was all our chamber, and the
murderer had made his exit by the
window into the tree, the limbs Of
which dropped toward the house
Tbs first person whom we called as
witness was an old woman who had
been employed for some years in the
family. The zemindars wife was Just
then too deeply affected to give us any
coherent information. The old wo-
nan, whose name l think, was Zaloa,
recognized the razor as having belong
CD to her master, and she also showed
US the little closet where it had been
kept. The closet door had been open
ed and the razor had been taken from
tho dressing case, and that too, in the
dark, from all which IL appeared that
the deed had been done by some famil.
lar with the premises. There had been
no robbery, so we were led TO the fur
ther conclusion that tho murder had
been an act of vengeance And who
could have entertained such feeling to-
ward Hooslan Kahn? We had ques-
toned Zaloa, but she shook her head.
She did not reply with thatpromptness
which might have been expected from
one who had no suspicions but she
seemed rather to avoid the subject
l questioned her closely, but she was
not inclined to speak.
"Do you know" said l, "ii any one
of the servants in the house had any
feelings OF i'll. will against your mas
ter?"
She begged me to ask her mistress
j The mistress had just thCn entered the
room, and, as she heard the remark
she spoke. She said there was ser.
want who had much enmity against hel
husband and she named the kind
mutger Gholam.
"Khidmutger," interrupted, Ben
Gilroy, taking his pipe from his mouth
whats that?"
"a khidmutger is table servant,
exclaimed the Captain. "Chis khid-
mutgers name was Gholam, and h.
was the most vowerful fellow on tn,
place. knew MIN well. He was higl
tempered and bold, but ! had neve
thought him vindictive. Itseems tha
two or three days before the zcmindaI
had punished Gholam for somo Sigh
misdcmeanor, and the latter had de
clared that he would have vengeance
Finally thewoman Zaloa confessed tha
she beard the man make such O threat
and she had hesltated telling itbecaus
Gholam was q gOad- hearted man, anC
had ocen kind to her.
Gholam seemed utterly astonisheC
when he was accused of the murder
At first he pretended to think we wer
, not IN earnest; but when he found tina
we meant what we said, he protested
his innocence in the most vehemen
9 manner. We knew the superstition
a nature of the caste towhich he belong
= cd, and wo expected that he would be
s tray his guilt when he bcheld tn
q bloody corpse of fhls victim-but it Wa
t not so. lie was horror-stricken at tn
sight, but quickly recovering himsel
9 he walked directly to the bed, and pla
s cling his hand upon the cold brow ofhi
old master, he called on the avengm
$ God to witness that he was innocen
= Of the crime. MY belief in the gull
Of Gholam was staggered, and yet cir
:, cumstances were strongly against hin
We knew that the murderer mus
:, have been not only well acquainted i
G the house, but also acquainted with. th
d zemindar's private affairs; and "
IS wore furthermore confident tnat th
=. deed had been one of revenge.
j. Gholam was arrested and confne,
IS and two days afterward he was trie
:, and condemned. Still he was not in
II mediately executed, as is general
= the manner in capital cases in tn
% country. HIS protestations of lnnC
D, cence were so strong and conslsten
d and his previous character so We
10 known, that the Judge sent him bac
81 to prison, there to remain awhile pr,
n vious 10 his execution.
?; Hoosian Kahn had furnished col
m siderable provisions and forage for on
e regiment, and after his funeral wer
t. to his house to look over his aocoun
10 which ho had kept with his own han,
ID l was accompanied bv Mr.. Cranstol
1t ono Of my lieutenants. 1t was IN Il
8, evening when we reached the hous
- and as all the zenindar's papers an
10 books wero in the room whore he hS
m slept, we were conducted thither, I'll
ID Woman Znloa lending the WAY M