“BOMB” IN SCHOOL
SUMMONSES DISMISSED.
(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, July 26. The summonses were dismissed against the brothers Maurice and Basil Davenport, old boys of the school and sons of a former Mayor of Macclesfield, who were charged with placing an explosive under a platform at St. Bee s School. MERELY A HOAX. (Rec. 12.10 a.m.) London, July 27. Counsel described the St. Bee’s affair as merely a hoax. The so-called bomb was a poor harmless toy containing a small quantity of stuff used to frighten horses at the Battle of Crecy. A message from London on June. 20 stated: Explosive experts are examining an infernal machine which two boys found under the platform after Lord Lloyd, late British . High Commissioner in Egypt, had distributed the prizes at St. Bee’s School, Cumberland. It was at first thought.to.be an ill-timed practical joke, but it is now believed that it may have been an attempt on Lord Lloyd’s life. The mechanism of the machine, which , was controlled by clockwork, was fitted with a 12-hour dial set for 3.30, at which time Lord Lloyd was distributing the prizes. The police immediately took possession of the machine. The headmaster, Mr A. Bell, said that the machine seemed too well made to be a fake.
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Southland Times, Issue 21771, 28 July 1932, Page 7
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