Bowler-hatted protester
TN.Z. Press Assn —Copyright) MANNINGTREE (Essex), March 6. A bowler-hatted stockbroker, angered by train delays, jumped on 'to the main-line railway track at Manningtree yesterday and, to the cheers of fellow-com-muters, brought an expr- is to a screeching halt by waving his umbrella. Then Francis Dodgson, aged 34, and a dozen other waiting passengers boarded the train and rode into London. , The police were less impressed: they took Dodgson into custody for three hours when he arrived at Liverpool Street Station. He faces a possible charge of obstructing railway operations, and could receive a maximum of two years in prison if convicted. His own train had been, delayed for nearly an hour when he leapt from the platform and into the path of the express, which was travelling at only 15 miles an hour at the time. Bowler firmly on his head, he waved his umbrella until the express ground to a halt several feet away. “He looked just like a matador,” a porter said.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33786, 7 March 1975, Page 13
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