SENTENCES OF DEATH

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 228, 26 September 1931, Page 11

SENTENCES OF DEATH

CRIME IN INDIAN TRAIN BRITISH OFFICER MURDERED DELHI, Sept. 22. Singh and Deo Narayan were sentenced to death, and Dala fat to transportation for life, for tho murder of Lieutenant Hext and the attempted murder of Lieutenant Sheehan in the Punjab mail train on the night of July 22. The brutal murder of a British officer was committed ou the Punjab mail train on the night of July 22. Two officers, Lieutenant G. R. Hext and Lieutenant Sheehan, who were travelling to Poona, were attacked and stabbed.

Lieutenant Hext was seriously wounded while he was asleep and died later from his injuries. Lieutenant Sheehan was severely wounded.

Lieutenant Sheehan stated that he wa.' awakened by rhe barking of a d)g which was in the same compartment. He saw two men, armed with dagge-s, who killed the dog, and then attacked Lieutenant Hext and himsalf. Then they jumped from the train and disappeared in the jungle. The following list of outrages in India in the last 12 months is« contained in a report circulated rctcnrlv by the India Office:—

1929. —August 28, Dacca, murder of Mr. F. I. Lowman, inspector general of police, Bengal, and serious wounding of Mr. E. Ho hon. October 15, Lahore, attempt on Mr. Smyth, inspector of polie?. October 16, Bombay, shots at Sergeant

Taylor and his wife. October 28, Burma, attempt to wreck mail train carrying Burma Govern ment members. October 29, Calcutta, oomb exploded in house of European assistant-com-missioner of police. December 4, Hyhvabal. bomb in compound of supa ’.itcndent of police. \ December 8, Calcutta, murder of Lieut enant-Colonel N. S. Simpson and wounding of Mr. J. W Nelson December 9, Lahore, Captain P. W. J.

McClenaghan shot. December 23, Lahore, Sir G. <ie Montmorency, Governor of the Punjab, shot at. December 24, Weywa. Burmi, murder of Mr. H. V. W. Fields-Clarke, forest engineer. 1931.—February 18, Charsadda, attempted assassination of Captain H. A. Barnes. | March 17, Krishnagar, bomb in residence of superintendent ot police. April 5-6. Charsadda, further attempt ou Captain H. A. Barnes. April 7, Midnaporc, Mr J. Peddie shot. May 22, Cawnpore, bomb sent to superintendent of police. July 22, Poona, attempted shooting of Sir E. Hotson, acting-Governor of Bombay. July 23, Cent. Provinces, wounding of ' Lieutenant Hext and Lieutenant Sheehan in Punjab. Lieutenant Hext died. July 27, Alipur, murder of Air. R. R. “Garlick, sessions Judge. August 24. East. Bengal. Mr. A. Cassell. Commissioner of Dacca, shot in thigh. August. 31, Chittagong, police inspector murdered.