Letter from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to His Lordship Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of India [‎9v] (8/14)

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Enclosure in a letter from Colonel Sir Lewis Pellt, k. c. s. i., dated
Decemher IWi, 1874.
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The police enquiry appears to liave resulted in the detection of two dis
tinct intrigues having for their object the corruption or the murder of
Colonel Phayre through the instrumentality of private servants and peons.
The agents in each case for the corruption of the servants are two men—
Yeshwuntrao Yewle^and an Arab, Salum; the former a man constantly employed
about the 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. in personal matters between the Resident and the Guicowar
of an unofficial nature, and the latter a constant attendant on His Ilighness in
his bi-weekly visits to the Resident and a confidential Jasood well known at
the 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 first intrigue discovered by Mr. Souter was traced from intelligence
that a hack bullock cart driver in the camp had taken an Ayah from the
house of Mr. Boevey, the Assistant Resident and son-in-law of Colonel Phayre,
to the palace of the Guicowar. Following up this intelligence, the evidence
of seven persons was taken, which is briefly summarized as follows :—
1^.—Ameena, the Ayah.
She was in the service of Mrs. Phayre up to her departure for England.
While the Baroda Enquiry Commission was sitting, she was induced by the
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. Chobdar, Eaizoo, to go and visit the Guicowar. She was taken into the
presence of the Guicowar 5 ^ with Eaizoo bv Salum the
* By hack driver Khasbhai. L . ,1^1 . 1 n i •
Arab. (She knows the Maharaja personally, having
often seen him at the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , and once been in the room with him when his
women came to see Mrs. Phayre). The Maharaja personally conversed with her,
asking her to get Mrs. Phayre to influence the Resident in his favor.
After Mrs. Phayre went to England, the Ayah took service with that
lady's daughter, Mrs. Boevey, in Baroda, Mrs. Boevey living in the 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.
with her father. Colonel Phayre.
She then paid a second visit to the Guicowar—on this occasion persuaded
by Salum and accompanied by the peon A low-ranking infantryman, orderly or assistant (South Asian context). Kureem.
cartoThari-Ssundui! 1 ' 0 The Guicowar talked to her about using sorcery,
" jadoo," against the Resident. She said that English
people were not amenable to sorcery. Two or three days after this interview,