WHOLESALE MURDERS AT BANGALORE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 99, 28 April 1908, Page 2

WHOLESALE MURDERS AT BANGALORE.

The Pioneer Mail of Bombay, February 14, publishes details of a terrible series of murders which have been recently brought to light in the town of Bangalore. A gang of five men are under arrest, having by their own confession admitted a number of gruesome crimps, the victims all being young men. According to the miscreants' confessions no fewer than eight youths have been done to death in various parts of the city. In each case the bodies, after being stripped of all valuables, wero buried in' the courtyards oi: houses or otherwise disposed oi, and three graves which have been dug by the police, acting on the information supplied by the murderers, have been found to contain the remains of five corpses. The accused men admit that after they cecoyed their unsuspecting victims they gave them poison, then chloroiormed them, and, after removing the jewellery, cut their throats and then buried them. Several more missing lads have yet to be accounted for. The greatest excitement prevails among the native populace, and the police have had to take special precautions to prevent the murderers being lynched by the infuriated mob.

After the five bodies were unearthed the police were enabled to take further steps which resulted in the discovery <» two more unfortunate victims. The accused, after interrogation, conducted some officials to a house m Cavalry Road, situated in a well-frequented permanent police beat, and pointed out the floor of a kitchen under which they stated a boy was buried. On digging down 6ft the corpse of a youth was discovered, c Put? ? eemi?S IyJ1y J from the position, ol the body and the contortions of the limbs, been interred alive. Tiie murderers related that the lad was decoyed to the ; house, and, as usual, dosed with poison, this time chloral which not taking effect sufficiently they tried chloroform. Before the boy was sufficiently unconscious the men were disturbed by a noise in the street so they hurriedly buried him without cubing his throat, after removing all valuables. For the officials' inspection the miscreants produced rrom a cupboard in the wall a bottle containing chloral mixture, with T? w hey ha(? dosed the leased. Ihe body was later identified by the parents as their eighteen-year-old son. mk St P r rt r ' i? /- S al!^' was «a*: nutted as far back as October 9. further investigations are being made, ana jh Q greatest excitement prevails m the city.—Central News