GENERAL KOUTEPOFF
POLICE SUGGEST KIDNAPPING. By Telegra.ph—Trees ’Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 10.30 p.m. > t Paris, Jan. 29. The worst is feared from the failure to trace General Koutepoff. It seems clear that he must have ,b? en trapped when he left his home. The police think he may be imprisoiittd 'in 'a suburban villa pending an opportunity ’to remove him to Russia. " . An earlier message Stated: General Koutepoff, successor tb'the Grand Duke Nicholas as head of‘ th© Russian refugee officers here, is'missing. It is believed he has been kidnapped, possibly murdered, by agents of th© Tcheka. It is known that he received threatening letters.
General Miller, who was promptly appointed to succeed him, in a statement said he believed General Koutepoff soon after leaving home met a motor-car and ivas handed a fake letter about the sickness or death of a friend. Unsuspecting he was driven off and chloroformed. Ho may have been smuggled out of France alive for trial in Russia, or he may have been thrown into the Seine. ' ,'
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1930, Page 11
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