We deeply regret to record the death of Mr. A.
M. T. Jackson, Collector of Nasik, who was murdered on Tuesday week by a young Hindu as he was entering the native theatre. The murderer confessed that he killed Mr. Jackson because of the sentence of transportation passed upon a Brahmin of Nasik for sedition. The Bombay correspondent of the Times says that the existence of a murder organisation in the Deccan has been known for more than two years. The Arms Act has apparently broken down, and many weapons have been dis- covered in the possession of the natives. The murder of Mr. Jackson means that in certain parts of India every Civil servant who performs his judicial duties honestly carries his life in his hand. We have discussed the matter elsewhere, and will only say here that the cause of revolution is not likely to be furthered by the assassination of men like Mr. Jackson, who was a distinguished Oriental scholar, a man of high character, and was noted for his extreme sympathy with the natives.
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