MURDER OF A BRITISH POLITICAL AGENT IN INDIA.

Kumara Times, Issue 599, 29 August 1878, Page 3

MURDER OF A BRITISH POLITICAL AGENT IN INDIA.

I PT?TfT!'. tr f-fccxui. ;r< -- :;-:r \. / IVJ i«. f. I* k* .i L' .V - JThe ORanjfqon Times "writes ' on the 13th May- : ‘‘Alldwmeto semi ypu a brief outline .of the circumstances attend! ng the murder pf Mi 1 T, TU; .Cooper,> our: b. : - ‘‘.Tfe Residency > guard is com posed of some 15 or 20 men, r all,.drawtig from the <!■. misibake not),'' and' consisting ■ chiefly of Sikhawith liri. adraiiiiire; of two .or . )fchree Pat,haps.The murderer belonged to th'edast named blood-thirsty race. It that'tKo maiChad been guilty, of someoffencp, foywj-hich Mb Cooper-fined •him fiVe- Ttipees, - FroiU - that moment; he, determined,'on a* terfiblerevengef; sVhtehibg his opportunity he eptOted ■ one niornin g ,a^outJs ! and fired at Mr Copper, : prho fell dead on the spot.' Going downstairs he summoned the jemadar of the guard, and as the latter ap•pfoached he too fell dead _under the " cowardly Afghan’s aim. He next fired ,at the jemadar's brptheri but his aim l ;was less true, this time, fop he struck ' another. pf the guards standing near the intended victim, and killed .Kim oil the ‘spot.’' "The assasin ; was then secured. Hestateshis only regret is that hie did not completely succeed in his object, which was ip kill six individuals, in<fladihg the apothecary and interpreter. said ;to have: searched for, them before entering the Residency, hut luckily fort themselves. they happened the way.***