The Detroit times., 1909-07-02
BRITISH OFFICER
IS ASSASS|NATED
Lieut.. Col. Wyllie, Indian Official
Shot Down by Student-Hindu
Physician Also Killed.


LONDON. July 2.-The sudden
shifting of the violent spirit of IN
rest which has long been seething In
India. TO England. evidenced BY the
assassination last evening OF Lieut.
Col William Curzon Wyllie by Naear
Lal Dhinagri, an indian student. has
aroused the Indian Office and every
official of that branch OF government
is being closely guarded. IL is be-
lieved the killing OF Lieut. Col Wyllie
Is but the beginning OF an extensive
plot and attempts against other OH
Gals are feared. Lord Morley. the
secretary of state for Indian Affairs,
is being especially guarded az he is
deemed to be In the grayest danger.
Papers found In his room show that
! Dhinagrt. who is Il Parsee stuoent 20
years old. ATTENDED the gathering at
the imperial institute for the express
purpose of killing Wyllie. whom ne
knew would be present
! The time was particularly well
chosen for the meeting was for tire
purpose OF drawing the native Indian
and the English peoples nearer TO
| gethec and endeavoring TO patch UP
the fatal breach which the govern
ment has seen widening for many
years. An audience OF two hundred
was present, among them many Hin
dustan students from Cambridge and
Oxford and a score OF distinguished
Hindu visitors 10 England Among the
latter was Or. Canvas Lalcaca. who
was killed by q stray shot when
Dhinagri emptied his revolver At Wyl-
| lie,
Assassin In English Dress.
The entire setting OF the room was
oriental and Indian costumes were
worn by many OF the guests. The as
sassn himself was In English dress
except for turban.
Dhinagri met Wyllie at the conclu-
sion OF the meeting as the latter was
leaving the hall. and without a word
drew a revolver, firing five shots into
the sl/ll of the Englishman. The
sixth She. passed over Wyllie's heal
as he fell and struck Dr.. Lalcaca In
the breast Wyllie was dead before
the excited men and women could
reach his side, and the Parsee dooor
died before he reached hospital.
AS Wylie fell. his wife walked into
the room looking for him. Seeing the
man lying on the floor she asked Il
she could do anything and upon rec
ognizing her husband she swooned
Dhinagri as his victim fell, pressed
the revolver to his own temple, but
he had emptied the weapon at Wylhe.
In moment he was overpowere1 an |
secured A second revolver, dagger
and a knife were found on the stu
dents person. as well as certain close
ly written papers. the contents or
which the police have refused % Iii
yulge. These. II is understood tx
| the motive for the crime as a poiiti-
cal one
Was Prominent OFFICIAL.
Wyllie was one of the most prom'n-
ent Indian officials OF the past dec
ade. He had spent practically all his
| life In his Indian civil and military
service and at the time OF his assas-
sinatiOn was ald-de-camp TO Lord Nor
! ley. Indian secretary. Wyllie had sery-
ed as resident governor at Nipal, gov
ernor generals agent at Rajaputna
and governor generals agent in cen
trail India
| DR.. Lalcaca was a practicing physi-
clan at Shanghai.
While Dhinagri steadfastly refuses
TO divulge anything. Scotland Yard Is
hard at work on other features Of the
case and sensational developments are