PRECAUTIONS BY THE POLICE.
McMahon sought in crowd. WARNING ABOUT REVOLVER. MRS* VAN DER ELST IN PICTURE. (United Press Association— Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.0 a.m.) LONDON, July 17. It is revealed that the police attempted to get into touch with McMahon on Wednesday, an officer calling at his home at nine a.m. but he had already left The reason for the police visit is not disclosed but it is. believed it was connected with a communication from McMahon to the Home Office. Special officers searched for McMahon among the crowd at Wellington Arch immediately before the incident. They had received letters about McMahon and had been told by Mrs Van der Elst that he had a revolver. Mrs Van der Elst said, “I first came in contact with McMahon when I was fighting a by-election. I met him only casually but once during the election he became a little obstreperous and was ejected from the committee room.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 236, 18 July 1936, Page 5
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