CAPTIVE OF AFRIDIS.
NO NEWS OF MISS ELLIS.
ABDUCTED AS HOSTAGE.
A. and N.Z. DELHI. April 20. There is no further news of the whereabouts of Miss Ellis. Two frontier tribes who are fighting beyond the Kohat Pass have r arranged a temporary truce - to enable them to join the tribal operations initiated with a view to rescuing Miss Ellis. It ,is now, clearly proved that the abduction of Miss Ellis was an attempt to prevent punishment for what is known as the Foulkes outrage, committed two years ago, in connection with which tribesmen had been brought to book. The final settlement, the payment of a fine of 12,000 rupees and the surrender of rifles by the Tirak and Jowaki tribesmen, was to have been completed on Monday. Apparently the tribesmen adopted the desperate expedient of abducting an Englishwoman and holding her as a hostage for their own safety and the safety of their relatives already in the Government's hands.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18381, 23 April 1923, Page 7
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