“SCARLET PIMPERNEL”
5 ENGLISHMAN IN FRANCE »£ - v ■ Sift ’ mmmmm-m 5 GESfAPO JOINS IN SEARCH. a. * ' ‘ " "• V * (Rec. 10 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 6. ■j A message from Vichy states that the French* police are hunting John Z: Hopper, :an Englishman who, in spite " of a ban, drove up in a car and placed > a wreath on the war memorial at Caen jon Bastille Day. He shot his way y. through a’ police cordon, killing the «: assistant-chief of police, who jumped 7 on thb running-board of ,tlie car. .£ Paris refers to. Hopper as the “Scar- ;* let Pimpernel.” He is stated to have » shot his way out of two police am* "bushes. The Gestapo has now joined the French Surete in an attempt to track him down. The Paris newspaper “Soir” describes Hopper, who is alleged to be carrying false identity ; .papers, as “one of the most active De * Gaullists in the Caen area.” * Hopper’s Wife and child are said to ■ he interned in a concentration camp in 7 oceupi ed F ranee.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 253, 7 August 1941, Page 6
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