Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27
Murderers of East Indian De-
tective Easily Escape.
CRIME PLANNED WITH CARE
Victim Slain on the Crowded Streets
of Calcutta.
MARKED BY CONSPIRATORS
Undoubtedly Killed for His Success
in Discovering Diminish Roy, the
Muzafferpur Criminal.

CALCUTTA, India, December 26.-Two
days after the attempt on the life of
Sir Andrew Fraser lieutenant gov
ernor Of Bengal. Detective Inspector
Nundo Iall Bannerji was shot in
Serpentine lane, Calcutta. Some &C
count of the murder has been tele-
graphed, but additional particulars
are now available. Apparently the whole
affair had been we'll thought out and
every detail carefully planned. That the
assasslns were able to carry out their
design in congested part of the town
at time when there would be a num-
Der of persons moving about indicates
their ability to rely upon safe refuge
not far from the scene OF their crime:
for although the attack was made at a
cross road. and at O'Clock In the
evening the miScreants We're able to get
away comfortably.
Inspector Bannerji lived in Kerani
Bagan. locality almost at the back
of the Church OF Scotland Zenana Mis-
sion, about hundred yards in the direc-
ton of Sealdah from the junction Of St
James street with Bow Bazaar street. He
had been writing letter which he was
anxious to post, and set out to post IT
himself. 1t wanted a few minutes to
as he stepped out of his door and
walked away to the north In the direc-
tion of Bow Bazaar street His assassins
who must have been lurking about. with
firearms concealed under their garments.
followed him quickly and overlook him at
the crossing of Serpentine lane and
kerani Bagan lane. Ostensibly the two
men Che evidence of some of the people
of the locality Is that there were three)
were ordinary pedestrians who were
walking faster than Bannerji and no
one cast more than passing glance at
them till atterNarC.
The Murder.
As they came abreast of the deceased
one of the miscreants fired revolver
at close range point blank into his right
side just below the armpit, the bullet
passing right through the body and COM
ing out on his left side AS the un-
fortunate man dropped to the ground sew
eral shots We're fired at him. Leaving
their victim weltering in his blood, the
men turned to the west and ran down
Serpentine lane and that is the last that
any one saw of them.
The detective had received one wound
at the back of his head. one in the mid
die of the back and one on each Shout
der: in fact. his back was simply rid
died with bullet wounds. While he had
also received shot on the left hip. All
the shots, with the exception Of the
last named had been fired at him from
behind and at such close quarters that
the clothes he was wearing We're singed
The first shot was fired before he got to
the corner of blind gully. and this was
evidently aimed from a considerable dis
tance. After he had gone a few PAGES
further he suddenly collapsed.
Then more shots were tired-some ac-
counts say three and others four and
five--in quick succession. The sound of
the shots quickly brought crowd of
people to the place. and just before the
sDark of life f1ickered out NundO I.aIl
was heard to say. Inform my brother at
lo2 Serpentine lane" Before the people
arrived, however, the assassination it is
certain there we're more than one-had