Show F H 0 OEM daring plot to end life of lieutenant governor at calcutta is accidentally thwarted revolver used by would be assassin M ased fire and young man is overpowered by guards be fore he could carry out H s purpose calcutta A daring attempt was made S inday evening by a bengali to assassinate sir andrew henderson le th fraser lieutenant governor of bengal like three other attempts since the appointment to that office in 1903 this latest attall upon him roved I unsuccessful sir andrew es caping without injury the lieutenant governor accod acco m danied by the maharajah of burdean an important division of bengal and secretary barber of the Y M C A ot attended tended a lecture given by professor E D burton of ch cago university at the town hall which was crowded with an audience that included inel aided many of the most prominent residents just us es the lieutenant governor stepped upon the dais a young man who afterwards gave tha name of howd bury rushed up and tarus a revolver within a few inches of sir andrew andrews s tody and pulled the trigger twice but the cartridge missed fire and mr barber who is an american flung himself upon the bengali the latter struck savagely at the secretary with his revolver and wounded him severe ly on the head but was eventually overpowered in the meantime the maharajah a man of great stature seized lieuten ent governor fraser and swung him i bodily through a door out of or harm a I way v ay A group of bengali occupying chairs quickly jumped to their feet and rushed out of the tire hall they es during the commotion it is relieved leli Lell eved that they were present I 1 in n order to assist iry but took tool alarm at his complete failure to carry ut Ms its plans |