PLANNED HIS OWN MURDER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81914, 7 January 1907, Page 4

PLANNED HIS OWN MURDER.

A murder which reads lie a page from a sensational romanve has Oeen committed on the Grand Trunk road, near Cawnpore. The victim i,-. a police inspector attached to an outlying station on the road, and was himseii tut principal instigator of the crime. Ilis death was due to a mistake made by two fellow conspirators. A traveller arrived at the place, and after having sought lodgings with the in spector. confided to him that he was anxious about the safety of a large amount of gold which he had with mm. Some time afterwards he observed two men digging near the house, and overheard a remark which aroused his suspicions, and led him to suppose that the excavation was intended for his grave. He was unable to obtain Tictp on the spot, and, abandoning his trunks he deserted the house, and after travelling some distance along the road, hid himself in the brandies of a tree. It appeared that the inspector, who had drunk considerably during the day, lay down on the bed which had been provided for the traveller, and fell asleep. The conspirators entered the station lafe at night, and, not finding the inspector, decided to execute the murder in his absence. They went to the inspector's quarters and, having obtained his sword, entered the bedroom, where in the darkness they backed I he sleeping man to pieces, W'litu they discovered their ni'stakc they hurriedly buried the murdered man in the prepared gcWe, and removed the traces of the_/4imc. Next morning a liuvopeaptitrieer, aeompanied by a few me:: passed along the road on a visit to the station, and the traveller, descendin from his hiding place, disclosed what had happened. The conspirators were placed under arrest.