Show mw ESCAPE assassin dar daring ing plot to end life of lieuten ant governor at calcutta is accidentally thwart thwarted ed revolver used by would be assassin missed fire and young man Is overpowered by guards defore he could carry out his purpose calcutta A daring attempt was made sunday evening by a bengali to assassinate sir andrew henderson Hender soa befth fraser lieutenant governor or of bengal like three ether attempts since the appointment to that office in 1903 1003 this latest attack upon him 1 proved roved unsuccessful sir andrew es cs caping without injury j tho the lieutenant governor accompanied by tho the maharajah mah arajah of burdean Bur dwan an important division of bengal and secretary barber of the Y at C A Pt rt tended a lecture given by professor I 1 E D burton of chicago university at the town nall hall which was crow crowded edi 1 with an audience that included many of the most prominent residents just as the lieutenant governor stepped upon the data dais a young man wh who afterwards gave tha name of 1 bury rushed up and thrust a revolver revolve 9 within a few inches of sir andrews andrew a body and pulled the trigger twice bue but the cartridge missed fire and mr barber wh who 0 Is an american flun himself upon the bengali the latte latteri struck savagely at the secretary with his bis revolver and wounded him sev severely re 1 on the head but was eventually eventual li overpowered in the meantime the maharajah mah arajah a roan man of great stature seized lieutenant governor fraser and swung him bodily through a door out of harms way A group of bengali occupying chairs quickly jumped to their feet and rushed out of the hall they escaped during the commotion it Is ij Lell believed eved that cithey were present in order to lassise but took alarm at his complete failure to carry carrr gilt cut his plans |