POLICE CHIEF SHOT NEAR GETHSEMANE.
ATTACK BY ARABS. Car Drops 30 Feet When Officer Is Wounded. PURSUIT BY DOGS FAILS. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 0.30 a.m.) JERUSALEM, June 12. Mr. Alan Sigrist, assistant police superintendent, was shot in the shoulder and admitted to hospital. The incident occurred near Herod's Gates, on the Jericho Road, close to Gethsemane, Police and troops pursued two assailants with tlie aid of police dogs but a tannery obliterated their scent near the Mount of Olives. Mr. Sigrist, who was formerly a Black and Tan officer, was returning from a tour of inspection with a British constable when Arabs, one of whom is a Government school teacher, emptied automatics into the car, which fell 30 feet into a valley as Mr. Sigrist lost control at the wheel. The constable, though injured, returned the fire and wounded one assailant, who died in hospital. The others fled. A bomb, hurled at a train at Kalkilieli, injured 18 Jews.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 9
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