BRITON'S TRAGIC FATE
MURDER BY BANDITS SHOT WHEN LYING HELPLESS LONDON. Aug. IS The Kalgan correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, in a message describing the fate of Mr. Gareth Jones, formerly secretary to Mr. Lloyd George, who was kidnapped by bandits, reveals that the bandits, riding with Mr. Jones in their midst near Paochang, were hard pressed by tho Chinese police when Mr. Jones, exhausted and emaciated, signalled to his captors that he was unable to proceed and fell from his saddle. Tho bandits shot him while ho wAs lying on the ground and galloped off. The police overtook them and opened fire, killing one and capturing another, who supplied tho details of Mr. Jones' murder. Tho Chinese authorities kept the news secret for four days, although the British attache was urgently seeking facilities to enter the bandit area.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22192, 20 August 1935, Page 9
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