OF THE MURDERERS i'5^ 



the Vhansigdrs ruddenlf puts the cloth roififid tile aecfc of the perfoa 

 they- mean to Mil j and retains hold of one end, while the 6rher end is 

 feilzed by an accompiice; the inlirumcnt croHed behind the neck is 

 drawn tig ht, the t wo P'hdnsigdrs ' prelling the h'ekd forwards ; at the 

 fame time the third villain, in readinefs behind the' traveller, feizes his 

 legs, and he is thrown forward lipon the ground; In this iituation he 

 can make little refiilancer The nian holding the legs of the miferable 

 fuffer-er^ riow kicks him in thofeparts of the body endowed with mok 

 ienJibility, an-d^heisoquickly def^yatched. 'qxHib . aov^vii 



Antecedently to the parpetration of themurdcrr, fome of the gang 

 are fent in advance and fome left in'rear of the place;' 'to keep watch 

 and prevent intruhon 'by giving. ridtifeejOri'occafiofj'^^ to ' thofe engaged 

 intheacK Shouldany perfons unexpectedly appear on the road; be- 

 fore the murdered body is buried, fome artifice is'praiSk'ifed to prevent 

 difcoveryj fuch a^ covering the body wlth'^^a "doth while lamentation^ 

 are made profeifedly on account C>F the -(ickri^fs or death of one of 

 their comrades : or one of the watchers; Mktiowh, sppkrendy' writhmg 

 with pain, in order to excite the pity 6f 'i1ie"i'n?tftd(iiiig travellers arid to 

 detain them from the fcene of murder.^ -^f^;!' lu •j'v. - ji .la d.. 



Such are the perfeverance arid caution of int'FMrisigars tlciTii: a cda^* 

 venient opportunity not offering, they will fometimes travel in c6mpa« 

 ny with, or purfue perfons whom they have devoted to deftrudion, fe- 

 veral days before theyexeciite their interition. If clrcumrtances fa^i^or 

 them, they^ generally commit murd^rin a jutigle or iri an unfrequented 

 part of the country, and near to a fandy place or a^Hry water courfe!, 

 A hole three or four feet in depth, in fuch a fpot, is clug with facility; 

 in which the body being placed, with the faceddwriwards, it is fhock- 

 ingly mangled. 'Deep and continued gafhcs are often hiadein^it in both 

 fwics, from. the fboulders to the hands and to the feet, 'Whifct hj open 



