The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-12-06
HIMSELF THE VICTIM
REMARKABLE CASE OF RETFi5u.
TIVE JUSTICE.
Murderous Indian offeiaf Killed and
Buried In Grave He Has irtsrded
For Traveller 1t Was Sis
Duty to i'rsteet.

story of treacnery follows by
poetic retribution is ted IL die IN
from Lucknow to a LOndGa ac +.a-
per. The scene OF the UleduC l.4 is
little village with u poh,e lost q lew
miles from the Indian city.
Late IN tine ey us a Traveller, me
story goes. realilil; that he could
not reach LUCKNOW before DARK and
.earing the dangers of the road, stop
ped at the house oi the police inspec-
tor. a native official, and applied for
shelter for the night.
Il am carrying a considerable sum
~ money" said he. "and in view of
The dangers of the country | desire to
have your protection until | can re-
sumo my Journey by daylight
The inspector made him welcome,
gave him water and food, finally TAX
ng him TO sleeping room, where he
,egt him alone
As the night wore on the traveller
was stricken with sleeplessness Pres.
entity he heard voices near his win
dow and strange sounds of labor. He
got up and looked out Ills eyes, used
10 the greater darkness of the room,
discerned two men digging in a field
at the back OF the house He straindi
his ears to catch what they were say
.ng and realized I'm few moments
that they were digging a grave for
him. They were I'm a plot with the in
spectur Of police to murder him for his
money and hide his body away before
daylight
In panic he stole through the house
ana crept out by a back door. He
dashed through the village as noise
iessly as he could. and mile OF so
down the road climbed a tree where
| he sat in safety i'm the shadow Of the
foliage until dayhreak came. Then.
as patrol came along, he slipped
down % the ground and told his story
20 the commanding officer.
All hands returned to the village.
and there the first news that greeted
them was the mysterious disappear
ance of the police inspector. The
rwro took up the search on new
| lines. The traveller located for them
! the grave that had been intended 70
| receive him. The recent disturbance
| of the ground was evident. The sol
diels opened the trench. and there
was found the body of the police in-
! spector, horribly hacked.
The arrest Of two men who had
been seen with him late the previous
.vening followed, and then the whole
ease became simple After arranging
with his accOmplices the plot 10 rob
and murder the traveller, the police in
spector started 20 get drunk while
rhey were busy digging the grave. In
rhis condition the idea struck him
that ne would go in and do the killing
himself. and so skim the cream of the
booty instead OF dividing evenly
. Stooping over the bed TO grip his vic
] rim By the throat, he must have fallen
forward and passed quickly into g
drunken slumber.
i When the two accomplices outside
got the grave finished they began tc
wonder at the inspectors failure &c
=, turn up. They suspected that he was
/, OF drinking and they determined tc
do the job by themselves. Entering
the house. they armed themselves
with the inspectors saber, and creep
ing into the room attacked the man IL
the bed. literally hacking him t'
T. death
Then they struck light tn book toI
) the plInder and. discovering thei
mistake, had nothing left to do bu
bury the murdered man in the grave
? they had dug.