to the Magistrate, Mr. Fraser, who
accompanied them to the place, and secured Karim, with some fragments
of important papers. The two Mewatis, who had been sent to
assassinate Ania, were found, and they confessed the fact: the
brother of Ania, Rahmat, was found and he described the difficulty
Ania had to escape from the Nawab's people sent to murder him. Rupla,
the groom, deposed to all that he had seen during the time he was
employed as Karim's groom at Delhi. Several men deposed to having met
Karim, and heard him asking after Mr. Fraser a few days before the
murder. The two peons, who were with Mr. Fraser when he was shot,
deposed to the horse which he rode at the time, and which was found
with him.

Karim Khan and the Nawab were both convicted of the crime, sentenced
to death, and executed at Delhi, I should mention that suspicion had
immediately attached to Karim Khan; he was known for some time to
have been lurking about Delhi, on the pretence of purchasing dogs;
and it was said that, had the Nawab really wanted dogs, he would not
have sent to purchase them by a man whom he admitted to his table,
and treated on terms of equality. He was suspected of having been
employed on such occasions before--known to be a good shot, and a
good rider, who could fire and reload very quickly while his horse
was in full gallop, and called in consequence the 'Bharmaru.'[16] His
horse, which was found in the stable by the Gujar spies, who had
before been in Mr. Fraser's service, answered the description given
of the murderer's horse by Mr. Fraser's attendants; and the Nawab was
known to cherish feelings of bitter hatred against Mr. Fraser.

The Nawab was executed some time after Karim, on Thursday morning,
the 3rd of October, 1835, close outside the north, or Kashmir Gate,
leading to the cantonments. He prepared himself for the execution in
an extremely rich and beautiful dress of light green, the colour
which martyrs wear; but he was made to exchange this, and he then
chose one of simple white, and was too conscious of his guilt to urge
strongly his claim to wear what dress he liked on such an occasion.

The following corps were drawn up around the gallows, forming three
sides of a square: the 1st Regiment of Cavalry, the 20th, 39th, and
69th Regiments of Native Infantry, Major Pew's Light Field Battery,
and a strong party of police. On ascending the scaffold, the Nawab
manifested symptoms of disgust at the approach to his pers