EX-SISTER LIGOURI

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 October 1921, Page 5

EX-SISTER LIGOURI

KIDNAPPED LN SYDNEY. tAnctralian and N.Z. Cable Association.) Recd. Ip.m. SYDNEY, This Day. Ex-Sister Ligouri was returning homo with some friends last night at 11 o’clock, when she was kidnapped by twenty men, and carried off in a motor-car. Her whereabouts are unknown. hi a statement to the police by the Rev. Touchell, at the home in Burwood where Ligouri had been staying, he explained that Joseuh, the ex-nun’s brother, was going io Ireland in the Ceramic and wanted his sister to go, but she declined. 3lis Touchell stated that Ligouri feared the influence of the Catholic Church, and had decided to embrace the Brotestant faith. At. her request a bodyguard had always been provided. Alt- Houchell states that Ligouri wrote to her brother, declining his protection. The party were returning from a religious meeting and had just reached the gate of Touehell’s residence, when the attackers appeared. In the scrimmage Touchell was somewhat roughly handled. Airs Touchell and another of the party were knocked down in attempting t{> rescue Ligouri, who was borne to the motor-car and hurried away. The police are now actively searching. Air Touchell intends to invoke the Habeas Corpus Act. He states that a few days ago he was warned by a Roman Catholic that a plot was afoot to kidnap Ligouri.