They passed him on the road somewhere or other almost every afternoon after this for seven days, but could never fall in with him after dark.  On the eighth day, Sunday, the 22nd of March, Karim went, as usual, in the forenoon to the great mosque to say his prayers; and on his way back in the afternoon he purchased some plums which he was eating when he came up to Ania, whom he found cooking his dinner.  He ordered his horse to be saddled immediately, and told Ania to make haste and eat his dinner, as he had seen Mr. Fraser at a party given by the Raja of Kishangarh. ‘When his time is come,’ said Karim, ’we shall no doubt find an opportunity to kill him, if we watch him carefully.’  They left the groom at home that evening, and proceeded to the ‘dargah’ (church) near the canal.  Seeing Ania with merely a Stick in his hand, Karim bid him go back and change it for a sword, while he went in and said his evening prayers.

On being rejoined by Ania, they took the road to cantonments, which passed by Mr. Fraser’s house; and Ania observed that the risk was hardly equal in this undertaking, he being on foot, while Karim was on horseback; that he should be sure to be taken, while the other might have a fair chance of escape.  It was now quite dark, and Karim bid him stand by sword in hand; and if anybody attempted to seize his horse when he fired, cut him down, and be assured that while he had life he would never suffer him, Ania, to be taken.  Karim continued to patrol up and down on the high-road, that nobody might notice him, while Ania stood by the road-side.  At last, about eleven o’clock, they heard Mr. Fraser approach, attended by one trooper, and two ‘peons’ on foot; and Karim walked his horse slowly, as if he had been going from the city to the cantonments, till Mr. Fraser came up within a few paces of him, near the gate leading into his house.  Karim Khan, on leaving his house, had put one large ball into his short blunderbuss; and when confident that he should now have an opportunity of shooting Mr. Fraser, he put in two more small ones.  As Mr. Fraser’s horse was coming up on the left side, Karim Khan tumed round his, and, as he passed, presented his blunderbuss, fired, and all three balls passed into Mr. Fraser’s breast.  All three horses reared at the report and flash, and Mr. Fraser fell dead on the ground.  Karim galloped off, followed at a short distance by the trooper, and the two peons went off and gave information to Major Pew and Cornet Robinson, who resided near the place.  They came in all haste to the spot, and had the body taken to the deceased’s own house; but no signs of life remained.  They reported the murder to the magistrate, and the city gates were closed, as the assassin had been seen to enter the city by the trooper.