Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.11, dated 15 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 45 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William [‎61r] (19/100)

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0. L uxmon, Puttewalla, states :—
r i \x rr IAT I 10 camc -Resident's private office room about 6-15 a.m.
• j . fl ama s ' Govind^ Jialoo and Yellapa, were present when I came
nnr/r i H 1 ^ ^'^8 in the room Abdoolla brought some fruit, &c.,
V M^ff A 0n c ta | )le - 1 wa s engaged in arranging the inkstand, pens,
" 0 I'oom while Abdoolla, Govind, and Yellapa were in the room.
Lefore me, this 9th day of November 1874.
(Sd.) R. P hayre, Col.,
Resident.
7-— F aizoo, Chobdar, states :—
I i)] n not go to the Resident's private office room this morning. I
returned from the city this morning about 7 o'clock, and went to clean the
sin cr as usual. No one was then engaged in cleaning the silver. I saw
Pedro at the cook-room on my return. He was not going to the bazaar.
Before me, this 9th day of November 1874.
(Sd.) R. P hayre, Col.,
Resident.
I t appears from the evidence of these witnesses that the following persons
only are known to have had access to the Resident's private office room on the
morning of Monday, November 9th, 1874, between the time that the Resident
went out for his private exercise about 6 a.m . and % returned about 6-55 :
1. Abdo lla, Chobdar.
2. Rowjee, Ilavildar of Peons.
3. Govind Baloo, Hamal.
4. Yellapa, Hnmal.
5. Luxmon, Peon A low-ranking infantryman, orderly or assistant (South Asian context). .
Abdoolla made the sherbet, and placed it on the Resident's table about
6-30 on the morning in question. He has been in my service on and off for the
last 18 years, bears the highest character, and is strongly attached to me and
to my family. I do not suspect him of any complicity in the crime now under
investigation. He has given his evidence in the most straightforward and
honest manner, and I am satisfied that tjie poison must have been put into the
pummelo sherbet after Abdoolla had left the room after placing it on the table,
and before my return from exercise about 7 a.m.
When Abdoolla left the room about 6-30, the following persons are stated
by him to have been present in the room :—
1. Govind Baloo, Hamal.
2. Yellapa, Hamal.
3. Luxmon, Peon A low-ranking infantryman, orderly or assistant (South Asian context). .
Rowjee Havildar Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard. also admits that he w T as present near the Resident's room
when Abdoolla brought the pummelo juice, and that he afterwards cleared out
the waste paper basket in the room.
Ordered that the four persons above named be arrested and placed in con
finement pending further enquiry.
(Sd.) R. P hayre, Col.,
9//i November 1874. Resident.