The Murdered Officers.
■ ' : . .■:•.••■.-:••". .■■ , ' • i • " ia : ' "' — ■'■ : ; - ■•■■■• •■ ; : The Cairo correspondent of the Stan- : dard telegraphs that Colonel Warren is engaged m the. prosecution of Professor Palmer's murderers. The trial is held at Tantah. Several of those concerned m it have already confessed. It appears that the lives ■of Professor Palmer and his companions might have been saved at the last motnenfc had money been forthcoming to bribe their captors. The Sheikh who was m charge of Professor Palmer's property had, However, made off with it- and secreted it — £ 1 000 having been since recovered. '■ The murderers obtained none. ; No choice' was given to the victims as to whether they : would be shot or would leap from the precipice. They were all led to ; the - brink ofc the cliff and there were shot ; bur Professor Palmer and (Japtain Gill fell over the precipice while still a^ve. Five Bedouins were chosen for the actual commission of the murder. These five led the prisoners to the- spot, while the main body remained at a considerable distance. There is no doubt that the conviction and execution of the murderers will be owing to the admirable and energetic manner m which Colonel Warren has carried out. his' task.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 120, 27 April 1883, Page 2
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201The Murdered Officers. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 120, 27 April 1883, Page 2
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