121 VOLUNTEERS

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 16, 18 July 1936, Page 10

121 VOLUNTEERS

EVIDENCE AGAINST MC MAHON

ACCUSED |N HOSPITAL

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eraph—Copyright (Received July 13, 1.50 p.m.)

LONDON, July 17.

Within a few hours of Scotland Yard's appeal for eye-witnesses of yesterday's revolver incident 121 persons, the majority being women, including visitors from overseas,. have communicated v/ith the authorities. - The testimony of all of them appears to ba valuable and they will bs interviewed by detectives with a view to their giving evidence. •

Under the present charge a maximum penalty of 20 years' penal servitude can be inflicted.

McMahon has been admitted to hospital at Brixton Prison, the officials having decided that his condition necessitated confinement in a ward instead of a cell. His only visitor has been Mr. Alfred Kerstein, solicitor.

Scotland Yard continues to work at top. pressure on its' investigation of the revolver incident. High officials conferred with Special Constable Dick.

CONTROL OF WEAPONS LIKELY.

The incident is likely to result in further steps to control weapons in the possession of private individuals. Numbers are known to be at large, one estimate being 100,000. A large proportion of these are big service weapons, but there must be a considerable number of smaller ones of the .22 type, like the one produced in the court yesterday. This is a very common pattern, • easily obtainable from gunsmiths in Britain and most other ■ countries. In Britain a licence is necessary. Three' years ago Scotland Yard appealed for the surrender of firearms, including war souvenirs; and nearly 13,000 pistols and revolvers and 25,000 rounds of ammunition were given.up. A further appeal last year brought in. 5000 revolvers.