Attempt to Kidnap Lord Nuffield; Oxford Sensation
(Received 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 25. \TTHILE Lord Nuffield was working ’ late in his private office at Oxford, a saloon car drove up, and two men entered the office. It is reported that they ordered him to enter the car. Mr H. Kennerley Rumford, who was husband of the late Dame Clara Butt, and who is a friend of Lord Nuffield, was in an adjoining room. Hearing the voices, he telephoned for the police, who surrounded the building.
The two men were later taken to the police station. As a sequel to the incident, John Bruce Thornton was charged at a special court held at the police station with being in possession of a firearm with intent to endangar life, and was remanded until tomorrow. The police refused to divulge anything beyond his name. Owing to Lord Nuffield’s reticence, it is difficult to ascertain exactly what happened. The police stopped a car in the main street of Oxford and arrested Thornton, who. was its only
occupant. He had not entered the works, and had not even seen Lord Nuffield. It is learned that Lord Nuffield recently received a number of threatening letters.
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Northern Advocate, 26 May 1938, Page 7
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