The Archive · 1932

Indian Murderer to Be Hanged

Peshawar, July 28.

In'leks than a week since he committed the crime, a Moslem hospital orderly has been tried and sentenced to death for the rhurder of Captain Coldstream, a British civil surgeon 'The man named Abdul Rashid, drew a knife and stabbed the cap tain in the neck while be was walking to the operating theatre of the Lady Reading hospital. 'The wound ras' deep, ands he rapidly sank and died. His attacker tried to get away but was stopped and arrested by Indian guards Reuter.

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