The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-11-11
SAVED by A TREE.
AN ADVENTURE IN INDIA WITH A
STRANGER.
The Mysterious Murders That Took Place
Near Hydernbad AMI How the MUIR
.ierer Was at Last Di,Cuyerpd-He
Makes II iuI Confession.


copyright lS@' ny Charles u. toMl''I
Three years after the Ser"y rendition hho
been put down in lniln' ana VITA ile couii'
try under such military ana ir-"I 'lScipiiie
rs it had never known before, | WAS at llN
uerabHd, n large i"ll"s east %! i."in
bay, in the pr"Vliic" OF Dekh"!l IL was mere
that Il band OF professional tH'' IS. number
ing t~hirty-two men, was cHuit!"d and rA'
ecuted III 1861. Inc NiSGruus "e;irch ait,i
and prompt punishment Of criminals was
having "A due effect. ana not ac,sru al poison
ing or s~tranGiiug had been Known about
Hyderahad for -everal months. In fact
these two Glasses oi m,rdcrcrs WrT" sup
posed To have become r&tin"t in that prov
lnCc. One morning Il ryUt, or FARMER. wa,
found deau On the piiblic ~guarc, ana it
was speedily discovered thar he had been
choked to death. The imprintN proved it
to be the work of II stranger. Tie thug
used Il cord, while the stranger used his
fingers. His mark could not be mistaken.
He brought his thumbs together on the
adams apple" while the ends of the fin
gers got their purchase just below the vic,
TINS ears. Sometimes the fingers clutched
his ears or hair. The mark" was always
plain to be seen on the neck. Now and
then Il victim was attacked from behind.
In such cases the strangers thumbs were
brought together on the back of the neck,
and his fingers were locked together over
the apple"
Several suspects We're arrested, but moth.
ing came OF IL. About twenty days AFTER
the first casea woman was found dead with.
III three blocks OF the public square, and she
had also fallen victim tothestran@ler Not
only had she been choked to death, but her
neck was broken. Inc police were again
aroused, ana bodies OF cavalry secured the
country anu brought III uoHepS OF suSpi-
clous characters, Dut as III the otler case
hothibS could De proved ana an had To DE
reieaseu. Az Ihe Investigation almost
every suspect maze the same reply, as iol
lows: -,
W. s'h'n, ! "ni ashaIiieu 10 auihiI tha'
aul not guilty oil TINS crime. We are 10
longer men, nut slaves ! nc longer have
courage, Dut am IA coward ana dare not
ny my name.
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.h'iu 'to',"i' u" 'nie 'inie !. WIS " EURO
pe"u: Cniy a. 're ih'erH"is peiore ihe
niu.lly hao " European 'aiieh a'lctill 10
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in' u W men u any ,iiahner' vac
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vel ort,, mi v,os noor,rnr" ="
, bnnga1ou. in IN. Loart of ,Ln .oun ~"
ar ,iozan cIarEs Lo,t ~..h,cLolor-, halI"
together md tbere warn h,If >, tn1an
NATIVE servnrt. al c,r.,f ,ha nina'
This clerk whose n,na was IJ,n,o bad =
~ "To i'"l'9 ,'"" d
|'" ICY y, ""I "',HUH'
sent his nurse with note toa hungnIn,r
half "A mile distant. The nurse was nj.
sent about Lrce.olarrer. of an hmm, and
upon his return he found Adam. dead
There was the mark on his throat. and
there was no question about his buyipg
been the victim of a professinraI and
probably of the same Grnd who had # run.
gled the other two.
The police and the military now quite
lost their heads. During the following
week there were about 200 arrests, some OF
them being made 200 miles away Moth
ing like detective work was ATTEMPTED,
and as Il consequence every suspect had to
be discharged for want of any evidence
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