[3] “Reminiscences of an Indian Police Official,” p. 66.
[4] Some other very creditable exploits of this Indian detective, Abdul Ali, in elucidating murder mysteries will be given in a later chapter when dealing with Indian police.
[5] In the possession of Mdme. Tussaud & Son, Ltd.
[6] Abridged from the full account given in the “Tales from Blackwood,” Second Series.
[7] See “Secrets of the Prison House,” vol. i.
[8] “Criminal Law of England.”
[9] Townsend’s “Life of Justice Buller.”
[10] These convulsionnaires were a sect of the Jansenists who met at the tomb of “Francis of Paris,” where they preached, prophesying the downfall of the Church and the French monarchy. Their ceremonies were wild and extravagant; they contorted their bodies violently, rolled on the ground, imitating birds, beasts, and fishes, until these convulsions (hence their name) ended in a swoon and collapse. The law was very severe against these fanatics, who, however, survived the most vigorous measures.
[11] Pasquier, Mémoires, iii., p. 311.