CAPTURING NANA. SAHIB.
22d June 1858. Sin—Here is the only infallible receipt for catching Nana Sahib. Let the Government ask Mr. J. C. Wilson, of the Civil Service, now, I believe, Judge of Moradabad, to capture him. It requires no personal knowledge of the villain to insure his apprehen- sion. Mr. Wilson will most probably take into his confidence some thirty Asiatics—with these, well-mounted and armed, he will make a dash at Ins prey. Mr. Wilson is one of the best Detectives in India. He was a Thug-officer —has been a Magistrate accustomed to long rides—to finish by sitting en a wall all night, and dropping down on his victim in the dawn. The offer by Lord Canning of 10,000/. for the capture of the Nana will not have the desired effect, simply because the natives are afraid of each other. Their name would be compromised amongst themselves, though there may not be the slightest affinity in caste between the captor or the prisoner— while in the Wilson case those who join him will satisfy their consciences by throwing the onus on him. by the Nana on his saddle-bow, the flanks protected, a few men to bring up the rear, and by fighting for a very few minutes, the prize will be secured.
If my advice is not taken, the Nana will slip off quietly when the game is up, and years hence you will hear he has died at a good old age in the garb of a religious mendicant at Dwarka.
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