LONDON MYSTERY
COLOURED MAN ON ROOF. VISCOUNT RATENDONE’S HOUSE. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 7.35 p.m.) London, October 26. Scotland Yard is investigating the mystery of a coloured man seen at night time recently on the roof of a house occupied by Viscount Ratendone, heir to Lord Willingdon, Viceroy of India, in Victoria Square, London. A knife was found on a window ledge. The police say there is no suggestion of a plot against Viscount Ratendone. An Australian, Miss Dorota Flatau, who resides in a flat next door, declares that she heard a noise outside. She turned on the light and saw a dark figure, who exclaimed; “Quiet, or I shoot.” Miss Flatau was astounded and hurled a heavy flower pot and struck him on the chest. The man threw a brick at her and escaped over the roof into a garden. Viscount Ratendone was dining out that night. When he returned he discovered the police searching the premises. He is leaving for India on October 30.
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Southland Times, Issue 22157, 27 October 1933, Page 7
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