ATTEMPT TO SHOOT OFFICER
YOUNG NATIVE HANGED NEXT DAY PLAN TO REVENGE RELATIVES. By Telegraph—Press Asun. —Copyright. Rec. 9 p.m. Delhi, Feb. 20. Yblinw Mohmand, the fanatic who attempted to murder Captain Barnes, Assistant-Commissioner of Charsadda, was arrested and tried, the same day and hanged the next day in Peshwar o-aol. , ° The man took a letter, ostensibly an application of some sort, to Captain Barnes at his bungalow and tried to shoot him while he was reading it. Accused admitted the offence. His idea was to revenge the'deaths of his uncle and grandfather, who were killed ffurin<r operations against Mullah Adda by British troops fitter years ago.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 February 1931, Page 7
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