The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-03
HIMSELF THE VICTIM
REMARKABLE CASE OF RETRlsu.
TIVE JUSTICE.
Murderous indian Official Killed and
Buried In Grave He Had Intended
For Traveller It Was His
Duty to Protect.

A story Of treachery followed BY
poetic retribution is told in dispatch
from Lucknow to q London newspa.
per. The scene Of the occurrence is
little village with police post q few
miles from the Indian city.
Late in the evening q traveller, the
story goes. realizing that he could
not reach Lucknow before dark and
fearing the dangers of the road, stop.
ped at the house Of the police inspec-
tor. . native ohicial, and applied for
shelter for the night.
Il am carrying . considerable sum
Of money" said he, "and in view Of
the dangers Of the country I desire to-
have your protection until I can re-
sumo my journey by daylight"
The inspector made him welcome,
gave him water and food, finally TAX.
Ing him to sleeping room, where he
left him alone.
AS the night wore on the traveller
was stricken with sleeplessness. Pres.
emily he heard voices near his win.
dow and strange sounds Of labor. He
got up and looked out. His eyes. used
to the greater darkness of the room,
discerned two men digging in q field
at the back Of the house. He strainai
his ears to catch what they were say.
ing, and realized In few moments
that they were digging a grave for
him. They were in a plot with the in.
spector Of police to murder him for his
money and hide his body away before
daylight.
In panic he stole through the house
and crept out by back door. He
dashed through the village as noise.
lessly as he could. and mile or so
down the road climbed tree where
he sat in safety In the shadow of the
foliage until daybreak came. Then,
as a patrol came along, he slipped
down to the ground and told his story
to 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
patrol took up the search ON new
lines. The traveller located for them
the grave that had been intended to
receive him. The recent disturbance
of the ground was evident. The sol.
diers 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
evening followed, and then the whole
case became simple. After arranging
with his accomplices the plot to rob
and murder the traveller, the police in.
spector started to get drunk while
they were busy digging the grave. In
this condition the idea struck him
that he would go In and do the killing
himself, and SO skim the cream OFF the
booty instead Of dividing evenly.
STOPPING over the bed to grip his vic
tim by the throat. he must have fallen
forward and passed quickly into a
drunken slumber.
When the two accomplices outside
got the grave finished they began to
wonder at the inspectors failure to
turn up. They suspected that he was
OF drinking and they determined to
do the Job by themselves. Entering
the house, they armed themselves
with the inspectors saber, and creep.
ing into the room attacked the man in
the bed, literally hacking him to
death.
Then they struck light to look for
the plumber and, discovering their
mistake, had nothing left to do but
bury the murdered man in the grave
they had dug.