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Show TWO KILLED IN COURTROOM. Hindu Shoots Fellow Countryman and Is Shot Down by Marshal. San Francisco. The last day of the trial of a group of German consular officials, millionaire American shipping men and Hindus, charged with conspiring con-spiring in this country to overthrow British rule in India, was marked by a dramatic incident. Ram Singh, a Hindu defendant, shot and killed Ram Chandra, a co-defendant, -who was considered con-sidered the most important among all the Hindu prisoners in the courtroom. Chandra was formerly editor of the Hindustan "Ghadr" (Revolution) and was the avowed head of the Ghadr party, which the government charged was the source of the alleged conspiracy. con-spiracy. Singh was shot and killed by United States Marshal James B. Holohau. I |