ARMED POLICE ON GUARD.
London Hospital Sensation.
WHO IS MYSTERIOUS PATIENT?
(United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received April 29, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 27.
." •The presence of an armed guard at "Westminster Hospital has increased the mystery surrounding the admission of "a patient, whose identity the authorities and police have refused to disclose.
The patient was admitted to hospital on Thursday, and simultaneously a policeman, armed with a revolver, which is unusual in London, was posted at" the ‘entrance steps, and remained until another 'aimed policeman relieved him.
There was an unusual- number of .police in the vicinity throughout the night. The guard remained until yesterday evening.
4 lt is revealed that a patient named McNeill was admitted about the time the guard was posted, and may therefore be Mr James McNeill (GovernorGeneral of the Irish Free State). A message from Dublin states that Mr McNeill is at present in London, hut his address is unknown. Mr McNeill came to London in March for the purpose of entering a nursing home for a slight operation, hut, subsequently returned to Dublin.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17943, 30 April 1928, Page 9
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181ARMED POLICE ON GUARD. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17943, 30 April 1928, Page 9
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