On October 15, 1919, Principal De La Haye and his wife arrived at the Newton House of Madras (now Chennai) India with his wife around 8:30 to 9p.m. After a while, the two went to bed Mrs. De La Haye was sleeping in a bed on the veranda. 30 minutes after midnight some snuck into the room was shot him in the head while he slept.
This woke up his wife and several boys who lived at the school. One of the boys went and telephoned the police after seeing what had happened. Police soon came and found the distraught Mrs. De La Hayes.
The Newton House is a school of the Court of Wards that taught minor princes of the Princely States. There may have been several reasons that De La Hayes was murdered. He would often talk to the students in a racist tone even calling them "Barbarous Tamilians". This would often offend the students. It's also said that his wife seduced a few of the students and that may have been motive.
All who went to trial were acquitted and this case remains unsolved.
SOURCES:
Revolvy
Wikipedia
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