Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1909 — ASSASSIN KILLS BRITISH OFFICER [ARTICLE]

ASSASSIN KILLS BRITISH OFFICER

Also Mortally Wonods Another Who Was Near. SLAYER NATIVE OF INDIA Belief That the Murderer Traveled to London After Being Appointed the Agent of Enemies Bir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie Had Made During Hla Service as an Executive—Second Victim Was Dr. Lalcaca, a Country man of the Bhooter. London, July 2. —A double assassination, of a political character, occurred at a public gathering at the Imperial Institute. An Indian student, whose name is not known, Bhot and killed Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie and Dr. Calas Lalcaca of Shanghai. Those near the assassin seized and held him until the arrival of the police. He had two revolvers, a dagger and a knife. All were new apd it is believed that the crime was premeditated. It was stated that Sir William had made enemies while an executive in India anu that the assassin had been sent to London to accomplish the Englishman’s death. An eye witness said: “Suddenly the native drew a revolver and fired four shots with the greatest rapidity full at the head of the Englishman. “Then came another shot as the Englishman fell, and a sixth which struck an elderly Indian gentleman standing a few yards off and who fell shot In the side. “Then a stately woman in evening dress came upstairs to discover what had happened. Looking at the recumbent figure and not immediately recognizing it, she said ‘poor fellow.’ She then knelt down and as she looked closely at the disfigured face a look of horror leaped Into her eyes and she exclaimed: “'lt is my husband; why wasn’t I with him.' “It was Lady Wyllie, who had left her husband only a few minutes before.” Dr. Lalcaca was a Parsee and from present evidence It would seem that he was shot accidentally.