The Potteries Examiner : — 1872-03-16 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

THE I.IIIRDERER OF LORD MAYO. The following fuller particulars respecting the as. aassin are now given :—"The assassin was brought on board the Glasgow the night of the assassination, half insensible from the blows he had reoeived. He was placed under a guard of marines. Mr. Aitchison and Mr. Eden spoke to him on board, and in reply to their questions he admitted being a Mussulumn Pathan from beyond Pesluswur, that his name was Shore Ali, and that he had done the deed by the order of God. He declared that he had no associate in the crime, but that God was his shurrell, or partner. The whole of the following day, the 9th, was occupied in the examination of witnesses by the deputy superintendent, and the trial of the assassin by Major-General Stewart. No facts of importance ' were elicited, except that the evidence tended to prove that the prisoner rushed up from the right rear, from behind some large boulders, where he had concealed himself. "On being called upon for his defence at the trial the 8388.1i1l stated that he had nothing to say further than that the judge had hoard the evidence and might decide as he wished. The prisoner, addressing Major-general Stewart, added You have made the inquiry and know all about it. When asked last night whether I committed the deed I said, God knows. In the next world the account will be made up, and you will then know.' The prisoner was also understood to say that he would not make any further statement at present, as he did not wish to appear to escape banging, or to beg for his life, but on the day of his execution he would make a statement to the superintendent, if present, or to the hang. man. The inquiry and trial of the assassin occupied nearly the whole of the 9th. During the course of the morning the screw steamer left Daces for Calcutta with the letters and telegrams in charge of Mr.  • 'The evidence gathered on the following day throws some light on the antecedents and motive's of the assassin. '' •  eau ...5.a.e.5... It appear. that the prisoner, Share Ali, is a Mahomedan Pathan, of the Kooks Kheyl tribe. His age is about 25, and height about sft. 10in. He was for many years a sower in the Peshawm. Police, and acted as Colonel Pollock's orderly us 1867, at which reriod he was accused of a murder in broad daylight in the streets of Posghawur—a crime which he himself denied, but for which be was sentenced to tansportation for life, and sent, in 1860, to the Audaruans. Sigma his arrival at the settlement he I; el been looked upon as a well-conducted man, ho' cc only been punished once for a minor offence, that of unlawful possession of some flour. He was transferred from Chatham Island to Hope Town in May, 1871, and followed the calling of barber to the labouring convicts of that locality, and only being remarkable for seldom or never holding any cony, rgsation with the men while shaving them. He has been recognised by a convict at Port Blair asihaving come from a village called °agree, near the Kyber Pass, some 15 miles distance from Peshawnr. It is Baia that he hese married sister alive and a younger broth sr named Abdoolls, supposed to be about 20 years oil. The assasssin is a bold. looking man, with a viilanons, restless eye. He behaved throughout his trial with the utmost sangfroid, and watched the evidence and cross-examined some of the witnesses srth great precision and care. He gave one the idea, "n the day of his trial, of a man who had all his son about him, and who was determined, able, and un..crupulous.  "He appears to have ,nOWII that the Viceroy wit:3 coming, and it is said. feasted the Hindoos and Mnsstilmans some days beforehand for some nn. known reason. The fullest inquiry was going on when the party left Port Blair."