The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-08-16
MURDER as A TRADE IN INDIA.
How Suspected Individual was Discov.
ored.-Confession of Thirteen Murders.

How q Suspected Individual was Discov-
ored--Confession of Thirteen Murders.
A London newspaper of a recent date
contains the following: The story OF a
strange crime comes to US from India.
From the seething mass of humanity in
the valley Of the. Ganges weird beliefs
and scots spring up, such as Thugglsm,
which is q religion of murder for the
caste of thieves, who, from generation
degeneration, follow the same profession,
and who, so far from being looked upon
with contempt, have their patron deity,
and consider themselves important and
even reputable members of the commu-
nifty. The last tale which reaches us Is,
however, that Of an individual who pur-
sued murder as q trade. For years past
wagon drivers have mysteriously disap-
peared. At intervals all would go well,
and then again they would begin to dis
appear. Sometimes bodies would be
found in the jungle off the highway, but
generally 30 decomposed that, though
they we're believed to be the missing
people, yet their identity could not be
established, and the mystery still con-
tinues. At last q olew was obtained. It
was. found that Kahdur Borah was the
name given by various parties as that OF
the person who had hired cart which
had disappeared. "A circular was issued
giving description of the suspected
man, but without effect. At last, in!the
examination of q criminal arrested at
Kamptee, for some other ofense, the
iailer's suspicion was excited that this
was the individual wanted. His suspi-
cions proved to be- true, and the murder
er has now been identified by several OF
the relatives of the murdered people as
the man who had hired the cart. he is
q Mohammed dan-about forty years Of
age-a well-to-do man, and son Of per-
son Of some property. Eleven and o
quarter years Of bis life have been passed
in prison for comparatively petty ofenses.
After 1872 he kept clear of gaol and
begun to be looked upon as reformed
character. In reality his career as q
murderer then commenced in earnest,
and had be not, strangely enough, al
ways given his right name, he might
have been still. at large. He had
previously followed the same trade,
though not to the same extent, and the
lull in the disappearance of people was
owing to the fact that every now and
then he had disappeared from his scene
Of operations into prison. Finding es-
cape hopeless, he has now, with tie fa-
tality Of his race, made q clean breast of
bis crimes. His mode Of going to work
vas to enter q village and hire 9 cart,
with the ostensible purpose of going to
:, distant village to bee his relatives q to
transact some business. He always took
care to select good cart and good
bullocks, the property of-a man Of q
better GLASS, who was likely to carry
money about him. After proceeding for
thirty or forty miles on their way: he
chose some quiet part of the road to ad.
arsenic TO his unsuspecting
companion, tho driver. This he had NO
difficulty in doingi if the driver was a
Mohamnedar, for in that. case. they
would take their mess together. Il. bis
companion Was q Hindoo the murderer
would offer him some poisoned sweet
meats, or watch his opportunity to
sprinkle arsenic over the flour the poor
man was aboutt0 make his ,,oAupatties
out of. After death he would rob his
victim, and either throw the body into
the Jungle or. burn it. The wagon and
bullocks he would dispose Of in the
nearest village for, say, fifty or sixty
and in a few days more go on
the sarae round OF assassination and rob-
berry,. He has already confessed the par
ticulars OF thirteen murders committed
by him within 4 short time. ..