STORY OF RESCUE
VICTIMS OF BANDITS DETERMINED JAPANESE SHANGHAI. October 21. Mr. Corkran and Mrs. Pawley were released as the result of the combined efforts of Captain Kawahito and members of the beigidan Japanese Patriotic Society, who pledged themselves to restore Mrs. Pawley and Mr. Corkran, or in the alternative, die. ' The captives are now safe at Newchwang. , . Captain Kawahito and party . journeyed by armored train to the village ol Tn’pan, 25 miles north-east of Panshan, where contact was established with the bandits, who later brought tho captives to this point. Mrs. Pawley slated that the bandit chief became frightened lest the oris mors should die. thereby bringing certain disaster on himself and his followers. , , , Captives and captors parted on good terms, Mrs. Pawley promising medical relief through her father, Dr. 1 hillips, immediately on her return to Newchwang. .... , * The bandits did their best to treat their captives with consideration, providing fairly good food and clothing. Mrs. Pawley will go to hospital lor three weeks to recuperate. Mr. Corkran is in fairly good health.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17917, 22 October 1932, Page 7
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174STORY OF RESCUE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17917, 22 October 1932, Page 7
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