The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-03
SHOT Them BOTH
Young Indian Kills Englishman
and Persian.
assassin CAPTURED

mination by o Terrible Tragedy,
Which Seems to Have Been Pre-
meditated.
A dispatch from London says a
| startling double assassination Of a
! political character occurred late
Thursday night towards the conclu-
SIGN of a public gathering at the I'm
.erial Institute. An Indian student,
whose name is not known, shot and
killed Lieut.. Col. Sir VIM. Hutt
Curzon Wyllie and Dr. Calas Lalcaca,
of Shanghai.
Wylie, who had held important
| Indian appointments, fell dead ON
the spot. DR.. Lalcaca showed signs
of life after he fell and was hurried
to St. Georges hospital but on arrival
there it was found that he was dead.
Those near the assassin seized and
held him until the arrival of the
police. He had two revolvers, a
dagger and a knife. All we're new,
and it is believed the crime was pre-
meditatcd.
The gathering at the Imperial In
stitute, a building devoted to Indian
and other colonial functions, was an
lat home" to Indian students. D..
w. Thorburn, one Of the guests, thus
graphically describes the scene at
tending the murder:
1T was near II o'clock. and the
musical program was just conclud-
ing when l saw middle aged Eng
lish gentleman conversing with a
Young Indian student dressed in a
dark jacket and wearing pale blue
turban.
Suddenly the native drew re-
volver and fired four shots with the
greatest rapidity full at the head OF
the Englishman. The shots were
fired with the muzzle of the weapon
close to the victims face.
Then came another shot as the
Englishman fell and sixth which
struck an ED y Indian gentleman
standing a few yards off and who
fell, shot in the side.
Il rushed at the assassin, and
others sprang forward at the same
time. We seized him but he strug-
gled. and wrestling one hand free,
placed the revolver to his forehead
and pulled the trigger 1t clicked
harmlessly, as he had fired all OF
his shots.
I'VE shouted for doctors and the
police. Meantime there was a ter
rible scene and commotion and the
folding doors were finally closed to
prevent the people from looking OH
the fearful sight.
"a doctor in the hall finally came
forward and knelt at the side OF the
Englishman. After an examination
he said nothing can be done for
him.
AT this moment some one en-
claimed in a horror-stricken voice
why it is Curzon Wyilie. then a
stately woman in evening dress came
upstairs from the cloak room to dis
cover what had happened. Looking
at the recumbent figure and not i'm
mediately recognizing it, she said:
Poor fellow She then knelt
down and as she looked closely at
the disfgured face look of horror
leaped into her eyes and she eV-
claimed:
"'It is my husband; why WASH
with him.
1T was Lady Wyilie who had left
her husband only few minutes be-
fore.
Other doctors came but they
could find no wound on Lalcaca
body until the clothing was removed
when a tiny stream Of blood from
the side revealed the position Of the
injury. Screens were placed around
the victims and the awe-stricken peo-
pie quickly left the hall.
The victims were placed in ambu-
lances and removed TO hospital
Detectives searched the assassin.
The attack on Sir William oc'
Cured on wide square landing lead
ing TO the staircase. Sir William and
Lady Wyilie were just preparing to
depart when the former was ap-
preached by the Indian student. One
bullet shattered the face just below
the left eye.
DR.. Lalcaca was a Parser, and from
present evidence it would seem that
he was shot accidentally. The as
sassin. who is also Parsec, is about
twenty-five years of age. He was
cool and self-possessed after his ar
rest. He has maintained an oDstl-
nate silence. The Identification OF
the man SO far has been impossible,
as a great number of visiting cards
bearing different names were found
on him. He will be arraigncd in
a police court 1t is reported that he
had in his possession written docu-
ments setting forth reasons and JUS
titication for the crime.
Lieut.. Col. Sir William HUT Cur
zon Wyilie was born in 184S. being
the Youngest son Of the late Gen
Civ \l'il1ioo Wvi1ip {. c. H. He
was political aide de camp TO the