KING CARRIES OUT USUAL BUSINESS
(Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 17,
King Edward carried out his usual business engagements today, receiving the Duke of Norfolk, Earl-Marshal, about the Coronation arrangements, also the Duke of York.
It Is revealed that the police attempted, on Wednesday, to get in touch with George Andrew McMahon, who was arrested for the alleged attempt on the King. An officer called at his home at 9 a.m., but he had left.
The reason for the visit is not disclosed, but it is believed to be connected with a communication to the Home Office. Special officers searched for McMahon among the crowd at the Wellington Arch immediately before the incident. They had received letters about him and had been told by Mrs van der Elst, well-known crusader against capital punishment, that he had a revolver.
She said: ‘‘l first made contact with McMahon when I was fighting the by-election at Putney. I accepted his offer of motor cars to use in the election. I met him only casually, but once during the election he became a little obstreperous, and was ejected from the committee room.”
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Northern Advocate, 18 July 1936, Page 7
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