STABBED BY NATIVE
English Magistrate Done To
Death In India.
SUDDEN FIT OF RAGE.
(Australian an<| N.Z. Press Association.)
(Received 2 p.m.)
DELHI, April 20.
Mr. Da vies, district magistrate and collector at Chittagong, was fatally stabbed in his bungalow by a Mohammedan named Rahaman, to whom Da vies had refused to grant a passport and money to visit England.
Rahaman, in a sudden fit of rage, jumped on Davies and stabbed him to the heart. He died immediately. The man then rushed from the bungalow, chased by a servant, whom he attempted to stab. He was finally caught by clerks. He is a member of a prominent family in Chittagong.
The crime caused a sensation, as Davies was a popular official. He leaves a widow and two sons.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 94, 21 April 1928, Page 9
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