THE INDIAN ASSASSIN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 589, 18 August 1909, Page 5

THE INDIAN ASSASSIN.

~ -* r— ■■ •' ' :"■' ' ' 'DHINGRA EXECUTED. ~ :.' (By Telcßrinu.-I'rcße Aaaqclatlon.-Oocyrlirhl.r '. ', • (Hec. August 18, 0.85 a.m.) ■ ■'"■ ..•'.'> ■■■ • London, August 17. .Dhingra, , the Indian student who assassinated Sir WiHiam Hutt Curzoa Wyllie and Dr. Lalcaoa at tho Imperial Institute on July 1, has bcon executed, .. ■.• . ■ ' DHINGRA'S; PERSONALITY. Tte assassin-Dhingra,was the son of the Eae Sahcb.Dilla, of tho Mall; Amritsar, a retired civil surgeon of respectablo family and loyal traditions.. The.'assassin's eldest brother, a barrister, married the daughter of'Ka'rrina Sen, eldest son of Kcshub Chundot Son, tho distinguished Hiudu reformer. ' , The nssnssin spent some timo in Paris—indeed, a' letter addressed to . Sir William Ciirzon Wyllie is dated from Paris—where ho fell under tho nefarious influence of Mr.'-'Krishhavarma, tho apostle of "killing not murder." From Paris he came to London, and was for some time the}, friend uud ' associate of a'Cingalese, from whom, however, ho appears tb'have become estranged,' ■■ ■ Dhingra remained for a short time at India Hbuse. Here, ho was regarded as a quiot and studious person who seemed to take littlo interest in the political work of that baleful institution which the law allows to remain' in our midst. After leaving India House and going into'lodgings, in Jhyswater, Dhingra practically obliterated himself until the fateful night of his meeting with Sir William Curzou Wyllie at the Imperial Institute, ■•-''. ' Tho assassin had not lx>cn under the observation of tho police, but whs known to them us ona of the frequenters of India House. Ho had been'in England about three years. He was regarded as somewhat eecontrio, but'had talten a keen interest' in the seditions movement in India, and had written several papers of a semirelipioue kindwhioh are now in the possession of the polioe. , '.-• '. , ~. ■. :i , .

Dhingra was about twenty-five years of. age. j Ho wos of a rather low , caste.', Sir William . I Curzon Wyllie was well known for the interest he took in all'thai: concerned tho welfare of Indians. He had, in faot befriended tho. brother of his murderer, and a letter from him 'showed hi? eagerness to extend, the ..like ■ kindness to Dhingra. ' '■- •:- '■■■■■ '■■ : ■' • : ' -.- .