BUDHU’S STORY
MURDER OF MRS. CLARK SIX SOVEREIGNS AND TEN RUPEES BLOOD-MONEY. By Telegraph— Press Association—Copyright CALCUTTA, February 3. At the Agra murder .trial, Budhu, charged with complicity in the crime, but who received a free pardon in order that he might testify against the other accused, in his evidence stated that four days before the murder Lieutenant Clark requested him to accelerate the murder of Mrs Clark. Budhu asked for payment of the blood-money first. Budhu and Sukhia, who were to commit the crime, went to Fulham’s bunfalow on the evening of tho murder to iscuss their plans. Lieutenant Clark showed them six sovereigns and ten rupees as blood-money. Bambal, Sukhia, Mohan, Bughukanhar, and witness then went to Mrs Clark’s with, a large knife, which Mohan kissed, worshipped, and sharpened. After Lieutenant Clark arrived he removed a dog which was barking, and then cycled away. Budhu pointed out Clark’s wife to his confederates, and held a lantern while Mohan stabbed her. The murderers ran away when Mrs Clark’s daughter screamed.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19130205.2.91
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8346, 5 February 1913, Page 8
Word count
Tapeke kupu
171BUDHU’S STORY New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8346, 5 February 1913, Page 8
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in