The Archive · 1924

CALCUTTA OUTRAGE

European Murdered Apparently in Mistake for High Police Official Calcutta, Jan, 13.

An armed Bengales to-day shot, wid mortally wounded w Euro: pean, Mr. Ernest Day, amd the fan off and shot and' sex ously injured iw taxidviver who had Joined in "the pursuit. The bengalee sv a quarter of 1 fired and. sV\ghtly wou driver of a pr fused to take him up, wes subsequently aryest 1 Feng: amok but, was at first thought that the

occurd newspapers, in: vestigations point to the -that My. Day had bee mistake for a high official.

There -is very strong evidence that the crime wa committed bj member of the Ue ary party. Th tedges used were of a Coa al type, whic ed in Thdia, but those used in the uta nf a sub-postmaster August.—Reute

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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