Lucknow, Feb. 15.
Faeing single-handed an infuriated crowd of several hundred Hindus, Mr. James Ferguson, Police Superintendent at Sitapur, to-day saved a whole Moslem village from. destruction, When the susceptibilities, of the Hindus had been offended by a cow: sacrifice by the Moslems, they burned down one Moslem village and were on the way to another village when they were stopped on the road by Mr, Ferguson, who pointed his gun at the crowd and threatened to shoot anyone offering resistance.
Mr. Ferguson arrested 56 persons and dispersed the crowd.—Reuter,
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