Life of Ahmad — Page 558
DR. CLARK DRAGS HIM INTO COURT as 558 But Colonel Douglas had no faith in technical justice. A higher power seemed to be swaying his heart. His sense of justice seemed to have been lifted to a level seldom reached by any other Britisher. He went deeper into the matter. In order to get the truth, he ordered that Abdul H am i d should be removed from the custody of the Christian missionaries. In the early stages of the case, Abdul H am i d had pretended that his life was in danger owing to his statement implicating the Holy Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement, wereupon Dr. Clark had offered to take him in his protection. Colonel Douglas had agreed to it, for he had no idea that the Christian missionaries could stoop so low as to coerce and tutor the witness. This order had the desired effect, for after Mr. Le Marchand, the District Superintendent of Police, took him in his own charge, Abdul H am i d fell at his feet and made a full confession. He laid bare the whole plot, to the entire satisfaction of the court. Thus Colonel Douglas was able to get at the whole truth and he immediately declared Ahmad as to be innocent of the charge brought against him. He exposed the web of lies and fabrications that had been woven around Ahmad as. Thus triumphed the cause of truth and justice through the efforts of the most noble