Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-01-24
THE THUGS OF INDIA.
Strangers Who Inherit Their
6Ioodthlrsty instinct.
THEY ARE RoRN myaDE8ERS.
They Xiii From, a Sense Of Religious
puty, and & cry Corpse 20 Their
Credit Is Stepping Store to Heaven.
Methods OF These Vicious Noms6s.

For -cltuues before the supremacy
o. tue British ,rov. n India the ea-
tire land, from Bea1. TO Bombay aud
from the H.malayts 90 Travaucore, was
harassed by bands Of tends known as
thugs strangers
In 1851, when England deposed an
rulers AMI placed the purple upon the
shoulders OF ltr representative, the
viceroy, conditions changed, and,
among other oJtrages. the thugs were
hunted down aud forced to cover IN
der the penalties q the new laws For
years they were unheard OF, ana men
gradually forgot the terrors they mad
learned from the lips o. their forefa.
theirs, VINO considered il a prime duty
10 caution their children against tie
dangers that would beset them from
cradledon Til death 10y the prevalence
Of thuggee
But occasionally eyen nowadays the
thug gets In his deadly work The
motive Of the thug is tbreefod His
forefathers for generations were blood.
thirsters, ana he comes by bis eau
ing through heredlty. He must have
blood or he viii lie. ne murders i.om
the instinct II pure passion Akin TO
murder, as It necessarily Is, The rob /
Ding OF bis victim Is & 10Y, end he I
chuckles 70 himself as be drops a drip 4
ping ear OF bloody finger into his .
girdle for the sake OF the Jewels.
His las1 motive-and here he stands I
IN a class tr hipselt-he 5 a murderer !
from sense Of religious duty Eis
victims gre a sacrifice 20 the gois. The
more victims, the more propJ9us the
sacrifice A corpse is his stepping
EtOne 10 heaven. BE must KIN or be ls
eternally lost.
He loses 10 time. 10 idle words are
exchanged, ne WORKS Ike the clock.
His system varies no more than the
pendulum. XIII and gain heaven; Fail
and b. damned is us slogan. But De
never fails The nets he lays are IN
trlca.e his plans complex, ioterchance-
able Where one talls short another
succeeds.
The thug IS a nonad. Nowhere is
d faikS. 5ust then tie &c" % -. an ,,f. s,
lceT rang out: n,
Cavalry! Atten don't Draw saber" II
The entire line moved forward az a Ia
uiek walk and as the officer wheeled in
is horse 7 saw his face. Ny God Il
7as CustsFl The situation came to
au1deFs and me Ike fash. We
brew down the canteens end started ~ ~
ACT 10 tho battery on q dead run. Al
"trot? Clusters voice rang out
sam Then he shouted. charge ~
with Wild cheers. his cavalry dash
] forward in a sweeping gallon at. ,'e
lcEing our entire left wing az the !
Ime eDe "" saw or battery taken. ~
II h7e broken and our men running 10
&c sheer. Saunders and I had but one ~
iought-to join our fleeing COMPANY. W
$ we reached the telegraph road ee'
'ove the din Of the battle heard Ieb !"
uarts voice. There he was. making We
stand with handful OF men around 'el
u. no
1t seemed but a moment before Cus. Up
rs troops were coming back as fast
they had gone forward. They had
u the First Yirginians. We greeted I
EN- with the rebel yen and the last tro
arse Ia our weapons. Jeb Stuart eve
eered US on-ah, how he cheered IA, VII
ave them my last shot and was FOL. roo
wing with my weapon dubbed when :"
aw man who had been distnoun+ad wi
4 was running cut turn as he pass tho
our rally and FIRE his pistol. =
Seb Stuart swayed In bis saddle II sun
5 only for moment; then his voice you
g out, cheering his struggling weI
OPS The enemy rallied Just acres
road and fred a yolley into the
ie band gathered around JED S.uart a
horse sprang forward, with . sery
"a OF agony, and sank down on Ia der
rs As we lifted the general an ihe
young osHcer who was helping me bad
laimed was
ny God, general, you are wounded put
i clothes are soaked with blood, eouI
must leave the Geld. SIR as
No General Stuart answered: 4 Mai
Let leave until victory is assurt1
ne another horse
Vhen ! returned with tho horse Tn
vas seated With his back against a tahl'
aud when he tried to get m new
kened b. loss Of blood. he sap,, poke
again. prise
30 ne commanded rs I On done Hol
FitE Lee needs eyurr man
: you TO go
We cannot obey that order gen