Murder by Indians at Fiji.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 126, 26 November 1895, Page 3

Murder by Indians at Fiji.

The Suva Times of the 9th instant aays :— The Indian is again to the fore in the matter of crime, two murders having been committed at Nausori on Monday last. From the meagre reports to hand we learn that a number of men are working at the rear of Nausori at a place called Kotociriciri, and ate under the charge of Mr Mare. This gentleman recently had to bring some of the labourers before Mr Carew, S.M., on a charge of disobedience, and called his head sirdar, Mnkdum Bux, as a witness to support the charge. On this account the defendants vowed vengeance on both Mr Mare and his assistant. On Monday znorniDg last they carried their threat into execution. Four of the Indians attacked the sirdar with knives, cutting his legs off and gashing him all over the body, and these naturally caused death. The murderers after the outrage at once gave themselves up to Sergeant Russell. At about eleven o'clock the same evening some more men carried the crime farther by attacking the deceased sirdar's wife, and inflicting snqh severe wounds with their knives that her death therefrom was expected hourly. The cases are being heard before Mr Carew, and it is to be hoped that the prisoners Trill not escape justice.