Hindu Murder Cult (Smuggling Ring)
Healdsburg Tribune, Number 36, 15 December 1931
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| Bhagat Singh |
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| L. B. Manrow a.k.a Lal Singh |
Colusa Herald, Volume 46, Number 58, 11 March 1931
STATE LISTS 14 MYSTERIOUS HINDU DEATHS
The murder of Sant Ram Pande, a 32-year-old Hindu university student, whose headless, nude body was found floating in a slough near Rio Vista last Wednesday, was the fourteenth murder or disappearance of Hindus in California since 1927. The state authorities believe that his death was directly attributable to his activities in attempting to run down the thugs, responsible for the thirteen murders.
THE LIST
The long list is as follows:
Araar Singh vanished from a Biggs ranch, Butte County, early in 1927. Believed kidnaped by a band of Hindus. The body was never found.
Bella Singh withdrew money from the Walnut Grove branch in March 1927. Believed kidnaped Never found.
Juia Singh hanged at Walnut Grove. 1927.
Suaret Singh, kidnaped by armed Hindus from a Fresno ranch.
N. R. Mehra, drowned in the Sacramento river May. 1928. Kishan Singh drowned in a pond near Stockton.
Dasnuda Singh, died, presumably of poison, on a Marysville ranch in 1929.
Sher Singh, kidnaped from his Delevan ranch. Disappeared in 1929. Believed murdered.
Narangan Singh, hanged near Fresno March 1929.
Gurdet Singh shot July. 1930 in Sutter County. Kon Chand. shot near Marysville on October 7, 1930.
Buja Singh, strangled near Walnut Grove December 15, 1930.
N. Rham Dhami, slain in Sacramento February 3, 1931.
San Pedro News Pilot, Volume 4, Number 64, 19 May 1931
Hindu Murder Cult Blamed for Slaying
By Homer L. Roberts United Press Staff Correspondent SACRAMENTO, Cal., (UP)—
The headless body of a Hindu college student, found in the Sacramento river weighted down with a tractor wheel, has furnished authorities with one of the strangest murder mysteries in California history.
The victim was Sant Ram Pande, son of a high police authority in India, and himself a secret investigator for California state bureau of criminal investigation. There have been 14 Hindu murders in the Sacramento valley since 1927. Pande was investigating one of the most recent, in which N. Ram Dhami was slain while walking on the riverfront.
HINDU MURDER CULT
The slaying led authorities to suspect the presence of a Hindumurder cult, and several arrests have been made. According to Clarence S. Morrill, chief of the state bureau of criminal identification, “If we don't stop these people from killing each other, we won’t be able to stop them if they should start killing Americans.”
Behind the murders is a story of Oriental mysticism and intrigue, involving the present political strife in India, and followers of the goddess, Kali, whose greatest pleasure comes at the sight of a headless body. There are three active groups of Hindus in California,” said Morrill. “These are the Pro-British, who are willing to take sides with England; the Gandhi followers and the Gadars, a branch of the Gandhi organization comparable with the communists in this country.
THUGGEES’ METHODS
“The method used to kill Pande is similar to that used by the thugs or Thuggees, as they are sometimes known. Before setting out on an expedition they always presented themselves before an image of Kali. "They destroyed their victims by means of cloth drawn tightly around the neck and pressed with the hands at the back of the neck, not unlike the practice of garotting which was common in England a few' generations ago.
"The bodies were often cut into pieces and buried in loose sand near the roadside, cast into streams or wells, or, with stones tied around their necks, thrown into the rivers.” The shrine of Kali is sometimes called the Monkey temple, on account of the multitudes of repulsive monkeys that swarm there. Within the temple is the goddess whose hideous black figure with a distorted face and open mouth, is worshipped by Hindus of all castes.
GODDESS PLEASED
According to Morrill, the goddess Kali is greatly pleased by human blood or flesh. The blood of a fish or tortoise will please her three months: that of certain wild animals, nine months; a guana’s, a year; an antelope’s, 12 years; a rhinoceros or tiger’s blood, a hundred years, but the blood of a Hon. or a man will delight this goddess for a thousand years. Of this teaching and worship, Thuggeeism was the natural results, combining theft with religion, the service of their goddess with love of plunder, the human life for her, and the booty for themselves.
The British government took steps to suppress theThuggees' activities, but it is believed that the cult still exists, and has spread to California. There are now more than 2000 Hindus in the state, and in order to prevent further outbreaks, the United States has ordered the deportation of everyone who cannot produce evidence of having been legitimately admitted to this country.
Colusa Herald, Volume 46, Number 274, 28 November 1931
HINDU SLAYER GUARDED FOR FEAR HE WILL KILL HIMSELF
Butte Courtroom Also To Be Guarded Monday When Four Go On Trial
(By Valley News Alliance)
Marysville, Nov. 28. close 1 guard was still being maintained today over the cell in which Bhagat Singh, slayer of L. B. Manrow, is held at the county jail. It is feared he will attempt suicide at the first opportunity. Slier Singh said to have been marked for death in the same manner that Manrow was killed, today declared he is In no way connected with asserted revelations to immigration authorities regarding smuggled Hindus. He charged Bhagat Singh bears a personal grudge against him.
OROVILLE. Nov. 28. (VNA) — Special precautions to prevent further bloodshed in the Hindu feuds will be taken here Monday when Mukand, Indar, Sundar and Amer Singh go to trial in superior court in the Richvale shootings in which two Hindus were wounded. Authorities believe that Slier Singh, complaining witness, is marked tor death. The courtroom will be guarded closely.
Calexico Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Number 131, 8 January 1932
Hindu Murders Are Mystery to State’s Police
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8— (A/P) Secretary Doak agreed to aid California authorities in clearing up the mysterious Hindumurders that have occurred in this state. His assurance was disclosed by Representative Curry of California. Curry said that 26 Hindu murders had occurred in the state between rival gangs. "There have been a number of most atrocious murders committed by Hindus,” he said. “They have been very mysterious.”
Within 2 years, the numbers went from 14 to 26. This is quite an alarming finding.
Madera Tribune, Volume LXII, Number 29, 3 June 1933
SEE SOLUTION HINDU DEATHS
SACRAMENTO, June 3—(UP)| —An eight-year period of mysterious, unsolved Hindu murders in California was believed by state authorities to be at an end today. Working quietly and unceasingly since 1925, state, federal and' county authorities finally have obtained information which they believe will enable them to prosecute successfully any future cases growing out of Hindu murders. “In the future,” said Clarence | Morrill, chief of the state bureau I of criminal identification and Investigation, "Wo will know what steps to take immediately. We believe we will be able to move fast enough to apprehend criminals and obtain sufficient evidence to carry the cases to a successful conclusion.”
Calexico Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Number 248, 6 June 1933
Officers Spend 15 Years Solving Mysterious Murder of 26 Hindus
SACRAMENTO, June 7. 1933
Completing their detailed 15-year investigation of 26 mysterious Hindu murders in California, federal, state and county authorities announced today they have definite information which will lead them quickly to members of a well organized “murder gang" if there are further slayings.
The investigation led into various parts of California, Mexico, India and China and the information gathered is said to be sufficient to enable apprehensions and successful prosecutions in future cases.
"In the future,” said Clarence Morrill, chief of the state bureau of criminal identification, “we will know what steps to take immediately. “We believe we will be able to move fast enough to apprehend the criminals and obtain sufficient evidence to carry the cases to a successful and just conclusion. We have been unable to do this in the past but the investigation of 26 murders has given us information in which will be invaluable.”
Morrill declined to reveal any details of the information obtained beyond saying the long series of mysterious deaths and "disappearances" of Hindus in California may be laid to a well organized “murder gang" of Hindus.
Morrill said he believed the era of mysterious Hindu murders in California is definitely passed. Some of the unsolved Hindu slayings during the last two years included the fatal shooting of N. Rham Dhami, interpreter, as he walked along a Sacramento I street Feb. 9, 1931; Sant R. Pande, University of California student whose headless body was found in Cache Slough, Solano County, March 3, 1931; Charan Singh, found hanged at Marysville Aug. 28, 1934 and Ishar Singh, found hanged by his turban near Nicolas Sept. 26. 1932.
ACTIVITY HINDU SMUGGLING RING IS INTERRUPTED
MARYSVILLE, July 10. — (UP) —Activities of an alleged Hindu smuggling ring were Interrupted today with the arrest of A. B. Woods and two Hindus on their arrival here from Mexico.
HINDU MURDER CULT
The slaying led authorities to suspect the presence of a Hindumurder cult, and several arrests have been made. According to Clarence S. Morrill, chief of the state bureau of criminal identification, “If we don't stop these people from killing each other, we won’t be able to stop them if they should start killing Americans.”
Behind the murders is a story of Oriental mysticism and intrigue, involving the present political strife in India, and followers of the goddess, Kali, whose greatest pleasure comes at the sight of a headless body. There are three active groups of Hindus in California,” said Morrill. “These are the Pro-British, who are willing to take sides with England; the Gandhi followers and the Gadars, a branch of the Gandhi organization comparable with the communists in this country.
THUGGEES’ METHODS
“The method used to kill Pande is similar to that used by the thugs or Thuggees, as they are sometimes known. Before setting out on an expedition they always presented themselves before an image of Kali. "They destroyed their victims by means of cloth drawn tightly around the neck and pressed with the hands at the back of the neck, not unlike the practice of garotting which was common in England a few' generations ago.
"The bodies were often cut into pieces and buried in loose sand near the roadside, cast into streams or wells, or, with stones tied around their necks, thrown into the rivers.” The shrine of Kali is sometimes called the Monkey temple, on account of the multitudes of repulsive monkeys that swarm there. Within the temple is the goddess whose hideous black figure with a distorted face and open mouth, is worshipped by Hindus of all castes.
GODDESS PLEASED
According to Morrill, the goddess Kali is greatly pleased by human blood or flesh. The blood of a fish or tortoise will please her three months: that of certain wild animals, nine months; a guana’s, a year; an antelope’s, 12 years; a rhinoceros or tiger’s blood, a hundred years, but the blood of a Hon. or a man will delight this goddess for a thousand years. Of this teaching and worship, Thuggeeism was the natural results, combining theft with religion, the service of their goddess with love of plunder, the human life for her, and the booty for themselves.
The British government took steps to suppress theThuggees' activities, but it is believed that the cult still exists, and has spread to California. There are now more than 2000 Hindus in the state, and in order to prevent further outbreaks, the United States has ordered the deportation of everyone who cannot produce evidence of having been legitimately admitted to this country.
Colusa Herald, Volume 46, Number 274, 28 November 1931
HINDU SLAYER GUARDED FOR FEAR HE WILL KILL HIMSELF
Butte Courtroom Also To Be Guarded Monday When Four Go On Trial
(By Valley News Alliance)
Marysville, Nov. 28. close 1 guard was still being maintained today over the cell in which Bhagat Singh, slayer of L. B. Manrow, is held at the county jail. It is feared he will attempt suicide at the first opportunity. Slier Singh said to have been marked for death in the same manner that Manrow was killed, today declared he is In no way connected with asserted revelations to immigration authorities regarding smuggled Hindus. He charged Bhagat Singh bears a personal grudge against him.
OROVILLE. Nov. 28. (VNA) — Special precautions to prevent further bloodshed in the Hindu feuds will be taken here Monday when Mukand, Indar, Sundar and Amer Singh go to trial in superior court in the Richvale shootings in which two Hindus were wounded. Authorities believe that Slier Singh, complaining witness, is marked tor death. The courtroom will be guarded closely.
Calexico Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Number 131, 8 January 1932
Hindu Murders Are Mystery to State’s Police
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8— (A/P) Secretary Doak agreed to aid California authorities in clearing up the mysterious Hindumurders that have occurred in this state. His assurance was disclosed by Representative Curry of California. Curry said that 26 Hindu murders had occurred in the state between rival gangs. "There have been a number of most atrocious murders committed by Hindus,” he said. “They have been very mysterious.”
Within 2 years, the numbers went from 14 to 26. This is quite an alarming finding.
Madera Tribune, Volume LXII, Number 29, 3 June 1933
SEE SOLUTION HINDU DEATHS
SACRAMENTO, June 3—(UP)| —An eight-year period of mysterious, unsolved Hindu murders in California was believed by state authorities to be at an end today. Working quietly and unceasingly since 1925, state, federal and' county authorities finally have obtained information which they believe will enable them to prosecute successfully any future cases growing out of Hindu murders. “In the future,” said Clarence | Morrill, chief of the state bureau I of criminal identification and Investigation, "Wo will know what steps to take immediately. We believe we will be able to move fast enough to apprehend criminals and obtain sufficient evidence to carry the cases to a successful conclusion.”
Calexico Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Number 248, 6 June 1933
Officers Spend 15 Years Solving Mysterious Murder of 26 Hindus
SACRAMENTO, June 7. 1933
Completing their detailed 15-year investigation of 26 mysterious Hindu murders in California, federal, state and county authorities announced today they have definite information which will lead them quickly to members of a well organized “murder gang" if there are further slayings.
The investigation led into various parts of California, Mexico, India and China and the information gathered is said to be sufficient to enable apprehensions and successful prosecutions in future cases.
"In the future,” said Clarence Morrill, chief of the state bureau of criminal identification, “we will know what steps to take immediately. “We believe we will be able to move fast enough to apprehend the criminals and obtain sufficient evidence to carry the cases to a successful and just conclusion. We have been unable to do this in the past but the investigation of 26 murders has given us information in which will be invaluable.”
Morrill declined to reveal any details of the information obtained beyond saying the long series of mysterious deaths and "disappearances" of Hindus in California may be laid to a well organized “murder gang" of Hindus.
Morrill said he believed the era of mysterious Hindu murders in California is definitely passed. Some of the unsolved Hindu slayings during the last two years included the fatal shooting of N. Rham Dhami, interpreter, as he walked along a Sacramento I street Feb. 9, 1931; Sant R. Pande, University of California student whose headless body was found in Cache Slough, Solano County, March 3, 1931; Charan Singh, found hanged at Marysville Aug. 28, 1934 and Ishar Singh, found hanged by his turban near Nicolas Sept. 26. 1932.
ACTIVITY HINDU SMUGGLING RING IS INTERRUPTED
MARYSVILLE, July 10. — (UP) —Activities of an alleged Hindu smuggling ring were Interrupted today with the arrest of A. B. Woods and two Hindus on their arrival here from Mexico.
Acting on a tip, local authorities arrested Woods and his two passengers, Mahn Singh, and Bola Singh, when they stopped at the place where the aliens assertedly were to have been turned over to a Sutter county Hindu. According to the officers, Woods readily admitted he was to receive $5OO for transporting the Hindus here. A small coupe, registered to Esther Woods, Brawley, California, was used to bring the Hindus here. They were concealed in a specially designed compartment constructed at the rear of the seat.
With the capture of the trio, authorities believed they had struck a heavy blow at the underlying cause of many unsolved northern California Hindu murders. During the past few years 29 Hindus, most of whom were said to have aided federal immigration authorities in deportation cases, have met violent deaths.
While the investigation of state and local authorities have linked many of these crimes with smuggling operations, efforts to secure arrest and conviction of those responsible have thus far proved unsuccessful.
Healdsburg Tribune, Number 204, 11 July 1933
While the investigation of state and local authorities have linked many of these crimes with smuggling operations, efforts to secure arrest and conviction of those responsible have thus far proved unsuccessful.
Healdsburg Tribune, Number 204, 11 July 1933
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