MAKE A MEME View Large Image Courtscene1878.jpg Forthwith all my servants in great excitement set about searching in the neighbourhood of the camp; and after an hour's hunting they brought me back the box broken open by blows from a pickaxe and bereft of its contents ...
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Keywords: Courtscene1878.jpg Forthwith all my servants in great excitement set about searching in the neighbourhood of the camp; and after an hour's hunting they brought me back the box broken open by blows from a pickaxe and bereft of its contents This was a heavy loss to me Besides a valuable watch and a thousand rupees in silver it contained a very fine collection of diamonds and jewels presented to me by various rajahs; and moreover bills of exchange on the bankers at Bhopal for a very large amount I found myself completely plundered I sent word in haste to the Bhopal magistrate of the district who arrived the same day at Sanchi with a strong escort of scribes and gendarmes His first act was to put the chowkeydars in irons and to seize all the population of the two hamlets men women and children These unfortunate people were all penned into an enclosure of stakes and cords to await their examination The next day an express sent from Bhopal informed me that the Government of the Begum declared itself responsible for the crime and would indemnify me for my losses A judge from the capital came to preside at the court The villagers were examined one after another but denied all participation in the robbery At last a poor child eight years old frightened at the terrible whip of the sepoys pointed out four of our chowkeydars as the guilty parties These wretched men when brought before the tribunal allowed themselves to be lacerated by the whip rather than confess; nevertheless the proofs were overwhelming One of them had been placed by me at the very spot where the thief had effected an entrance into the tent by cutting the canvas with his knife while another had been seen by one of my servants during the night on the spot where the strong box had been found; but nothing could wrest a confession from him Some days afterwards the bills of-exchange of the value of which the thieves were ignorant were found near the village; and the Begum's Government indemnified me for my loss but nothing could replace for me the memorials to which I attached so great a value 1879 http //www columbia edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/women/bhopalbegams/bhopalbegams html author PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Bhopal State 1723 “1949
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