The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-30
.pUNJAB CONFESSES ,
THAT HE MURDERED
WHITE SWEETHEART
Said All Kahn Sunk Body Of Victim
In San Francisco Bay-ERsady
to Pay Penalty for His
Shocking Deed.

San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 28-With
the confession of Said All Kahn, an
East Indian, the mystery surrounding
the murder OF Rosa Domingo In this
city has been cleared UP. In he PRES
ence of O score of witnesses. Kahn told
the story Of the mdrder of his former
sweetheart, and admitted every detail
of the fiendish crime.
At first the Hindu protested his In
nocence, and the efforts OF h police
to extoTt a confession were fruitlegs.
He was taken o every inch OF the
ground traversed by the murderer OF
Rosa. Still he maintained that he was
innocent. -
Then, slipping behind the officers
while they were watching Said ALI, the
father OF the butchered girl rushed up
and waving a long carving knife. \
claimed:
"Heathen. murderer, prepare for the
fate you melted out to my DARING
child" and rushed at Said AL
The Punjab fell grovelling at tina
feet of the outraged parent while OFF,
GERS struggled with he would-be aven-
ger Of his daughters murder.
Murderer confesses. .
"If he cuts me I lose forever my
! caste-keep him off! Keep him Off"
shrieked the now thoroughly terrified
Hindu. d
And as the father struggled to set
closer, Said Ali exclaimed:
II liedi I lied all h time. muir
dered her. I murdered her and I must
suffer. Yes. Yes, I know. But I'm the
name of your Christ don't let him-hef
father-cut me or I o caste!"
Then as Domingo was led away
cursing and begging for q chance TO
kill the East Indian, Said All told the
kaIo L.. al - a.. hIlan,,o AnNola "a"
ct loved that girl" he cried. Yes, I
loved her and I gave her all the money
she wanted-all the money I had. She
swore that she would be true. She
swore by her Giaour gods n / be-
lteved her.
"she fooled me and I found It out.
Bah! She was untrue to me.
II made up my mind to kill her. /
thought day and night how best to do
It. Fol her sake I had forfeited my
right of caste and she had been false
to me! e..
She came TO Richmond. I met. her.
] had told her that I had plenty OF
| M~onay-Sha aanne.
Clicked With Neoktie.
1--WE ven to my cottage. We quar-
relied. 1 gave her S., but she was not
relied some more.
IT took a long necktie, n while she
slept I stood over her with both hands
behind my back. I woke her up. q I
wanted her to die awake, so that she
would suffer what I suffered when she
was untrue to me. }.
"She looked up / told her to get
up. She sat up, startled. / threw the
tie around her neck with a thuggee
movement. It slipped and caught. /
gave the true twist. Her eyes popped q
bit. She was dead"
A ~stenogrGpher, pale and trembling
with horror, was taking the Punjab's
statement while the officers with
blanched faces listened to the fendish
tale. He continued: -.
"yyhen I knew she was dead I
wrapped her in a blanket. I then
washed my hands. The sun was ris-
ing. I made again my ablutions and
said my prayers. I am a good Moham-
medan. f
"Uah! She Was Heavy"
can day Wednesday the body lay on
the bed. Already I had iron and
weights prepared. Just before midnight
Wednesday I threw her across my back
and carried her to the wharf. Ugh, she
was heavy! I could only carry 1t Is
feet, then 1 must stop. When I
reached the dock Il stripped her. /
threw her in. / returned home and
burned the clothes. I fled!"
Then covered with p~erspiration. beads
standing out upon his forehead, the
Punjab shook himself and, turning to
the officers, said:
"Let US go from this place. I am
tired; l want to sleep"