CLERGYMAN KIDNAPPED
GANGSTER METHODS ADOPTED A SEVERE HANDLING. LONDON, July 21. (Received July 22, at 1.15 a.m.) Adopting Chicago gangster methods, armed men kidnapped the Rev. David Bennie, a Scottish clergyman, at Corneay, in the County of Cavan. Mr Bennie, who was in his night attire, was bundled into a car and severely handled, and made to apologise for a speech he made on July 12. He was then dumped on the road 10 miles from his home, which he reached at 5 o’clock in the morning in a prostrate condition.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21393, 22 July 1931, Page 7
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