'Statement of Witnesses taken by Colonel Phayre' [‎7r] (13/40)

6
RE-EXAMINATION.
Novembeb 11th, 1874.
R owjee P ama , Havildar Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard. of Peons, is in custody, and states in answer to the
Resident's questions as follows :
Q When you left the Resident's private office room on the morning of
Monday the 9th, what o'clock was it ? m
A—I came to the room about 6-30 and was engaged in removing the papers
for about five minutes.
Q—Where did you then go to ? . _ . .
A—I went to the place where the peons sit, on the further side of the
bungalow.
Q—Did you leave before Abdoola, or after him ?
A—I left before he did.
Q—Did you return after you once left the sahib's room ?
A—No. .
Q—When you went to the peons' sitting place, did you see Faizoo i 3
A—Yes; he was then in the dispense-khana.
Q^—When did you first see the Arab Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. Salam tnat morning ?
A—I saw him about 7 o'clock aiter the sahib's return. He then came on
the Devdee from the direction of the servants' houses.
Q—What did you say to him ?
—7 asked him why he had come soearly on this particular morning and
he said I have come because I have brought the Dewalee fruit.
Q - Did the Dewalee fruit come with him ?
A—No, it came a long time afterwards, about 8-30 a.m.
q When you were in the Devdee when the Assistant Resident returned
from shooting, was Salam there ?
A —Salam was there, and Jaizoo wasalso present.
Q—Where did Faizoo go from there ?
A I saw him go in the direction of the servants houses.
Q—Does Chimma Wagh live with you ?
A—Yes.
Q—What do you know about Faizoo ?
A I have reported to the Resident some time ago that Faizoo was not a
good character and was suspected of going to visit Nanajee Eshwunt and Nana
Sahib at night. He also has been in the habit of going to the Kazee in the city
and the Kazee to visit him here. I should have mentioned this ; but he used
to come to visit the Padree sahib, so I said nothing.
Q_Who do you suspect of having attempted to administer poison to the
sahib ? , . v j • n
A—I suspect Faizoo, because he has for a long time past been engaged m all
kinds of intrigues, both in the time of Colonel Barr and Colonel Shortt. In Colo
nel Shortt's time he used to go with Colonel Shortt's butler to the house of
Rahoorkur, Nana Sahib, and others for the purpose of giving them information.
I have myself seen Faizoo go with Colonel Shortt's butler and others to the city
for this purpose.
Before me this 11th day of November 1874.
(Sd.) R. Phayee , Col, Reaident.
Novembeb 11th, 1874.
Faizoo Humzain , Mussulman, aged about 45, Chobdar and table servant,
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. establishment, Baroda :—
I was first employed at Baroda by Major Malcolm, Resident, as second ser
vant, and was made Chobdar by Colonel Davidson, Resident, about twenty years
ago, and I have acted as table servant as well from that time to the present.
When Colonel Wallace left, I obtained a place in the Khas Paga on Rs. 10
per mensem, continuing, however, to act as Chobdar and table servant at tro
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . The Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). service was in the name of my son, who is now fourteen
years old. I have received that amount up to the present time. I live in the