March 24th.—(1) T'u-ti was a Mohame medan resident in the K'u-ch'é district in Turkestan. He had neither father, mother, wife or children. In the same neighbourhood there lived a distant relative and ce-religionist, named Mai-mai-t'i, who was happily married to a woman called A Yi pi-pi. T*u-ti was a frequent visitor at his relative's house, and was received as a member of the family. One day, nearly tivo years ago, Mai-mai-ti went away some distance from home to attend to an out-farm, That night T'u-ti went to the house, rapped at the door and tried to gain admit tance. Failing in this, he climbed up on the roof, and opening a sky-light, lowered himself down into A Yi-pi-pi's bed-room. 'The woman was greatly alarmed and tried to make her escape. She was, however, seized by T'u-ti who implored her consent to the act. Meeting with violent resist tance, T'u-ti picked up a stick that was lying' at the side of the bed and gave hor a severe beating. He then took a rug and rolled it tightly round the upper part of her body and tied her legs together with cord. The woman still struggled violently, and enraged with disappointment, he struck her a heavy blow behind the ear, which caused instantaneous death. The husband returned next morning to find his wife a corpse. Word was sent to the police, and the arrest of the criminal soon followed. He has been sentenced to immediate decapitation under the law applicable to an attempt atadultery, accompanied with murder, in a case where the parties are related to each other within the recognised degrees of mourning. A Yi-pipi was married at an early age, and proved herself a devoted wife. In preferring, death to dishonour, she furnished a commendable instance of womanly chastity, and as stimulus to purity of morals and a solace to the soul of the departed, permission is asked to erect an honorary portal to her memory.
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