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wao caoily dioccrniblo.
Tho oito for tho arabuoli wao very okilfully oelectcd. Thc would
be aocaooino had taken up a pooition in a garden belonging to shaikh
Mahomod bin Eoa al Khalifah, and had raado in the bruohwood wall
ourrounding tho garden rooto and loop holoo for their rifloo in
ouoh a manner that a car crosuing tho bridgo wao brought within
six yardo of them.

I have myoclf vioited tho ocono of the outrago and con only
aucribo Shaikh Hamad* o ouoapo oithor to tho extromo morvouoncoo of
the fircr or the dazzling offcct of tho Hudoon*o head lighto.
Eocape for the aggrcoooro was Dimple ao the bruohwood wall
gave covor from view and tho o4u! thick fol/iago of tho garden
rondcrod it eaoy for tho oriminalo to ol(ink away.
A soarch mado next morning rcvoalod tho loopholoo, and riflo
recta to which fc havo olroady referred, 5 ompty cartridge/ caooo
Mark VI, and a half oraoked cigarotto, which is now in MR-Bolgravo* 0

poBoocoion.
With the aocictanoo of Lt.Robinson and a party of men undor hie
ordorcjtho villagoo of Sanabio and Jidd Haro ao well ao certain
ouepocted quartcro of Manama woro ooarchod but nothing of an inori-
minating nature hao boon found.
Rumouro of the wildeot nature incriminating moot pooplo from
Din Saud downwards are,of couroo, in circulation, but thorc io,ao yot,
no roaoon to uuepoct any particular poroon or poroono of committing

the outrage* Shaikh Hamad hiraoolf is inclinod to ouopoot that it io
tho work of Baluchis, actuatod by feolingo of rovongo for tho rocont
execution of Ismail Shah Murad. This, howovor, ie merely ourmioo on
hio partj and I myoolf boo no roaoon why a Baluchi vondotta ohould bo
tho cauoe of tho outrago any moro than tho Joalouoy of certain
momboro of tho Al Khalifahjfamily.
A reward of Ro.8000/- for information loading to tho arroct of
tho criminals hao boon offerod, and it io hoped that soonor or later
trustworthy information may be obtained.
I havo the honour to bo,
Sir,
; your moot obodAAnt oervant,

political Agont, Bahroin*
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