THE MURDER OF A BRITISH OFFICER IN THE KURAM.
From the Kuram comes some further particulars of the murder of Lieutenant Lumsden. He had gone to his tent about eleven o'clock at night. Next morning, at seven, bis servant, entering, found him lying across the foot of tee bed quite dead, with seventeen dagger wounds, chiefly on the right side of the chest, five of them mortal. A number of things belonging to him were missing, including a bag containing 1,000 rupees in notes, bis sword, pistol, boots and clothes. The murder was.' evidently the work of a robber, who had managed to elude the sentries. From the position in which the body was found it is sap* posed that a struggle occurred in the tent. Apparently no sound was heard in the adjoining tents. Next morning a man, carrying a heavy bundle, asked a boy to watch it wbile he crossed the river to get help. As soon as he was cut of sight the boy gave the alarm. The bundle was . brought into 'the enmp, and found to contain everything missing irom Lumsden's tent. No trace, of the murderer has yet been obtained. .
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3553, 17 May 1880, Page 2
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195THE MURDER OF A BRITISH OFFICER IN THE KURAM. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3553, 17 May 1880, Page 2
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