MURDER IN CALCUTTA
INSPECTOR OF PRISONS SHOT. YOUNG BENGALIS RESPONSIBLE. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) Delhi, December 8. A sensation has been caused in Calcutta by tho murder in his office of LieutenantColonel Simpson, Inspector-General of Prisons in Bengal, by three young Bengalis. Mr Nelson, judicial secretary, was wounded. The assailants entered the secretariat buildings and forced their way into LieutenantColonel Simpson’s room and fired six shots, killing him instantly. They then dashed along the verandah, shooting wildly and entered Mr Nelson’s room and shot him in the leg. One of the murderers then poisoned himself, while the other two shot themselves. They are at present in a critical condition.
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Southland Times, Issue 21264, 10 December 1930, Page 7
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