MR. COLUNS WAS CHLOROFORMED

Wanganui Chronicle, 31 January 1947, Page 5

MR. COLUNS WAS CHLOROFORMED

Recd. 7.40 p.m. London, Jan. 30. Mr. Collins was found semiconscious by a Jewish doctor under a tree in a elinic courtyard, wearing only flannel trousers and a badly fitting jacket. He was in bad physical condition. Blood had dried around his nostrils, he had two black eyes, and a bandage across his forehead. He was taken on a stretcher to the Government hospital. Reuter’s Jerusalem correspondent says Mr. Collins told the police he was pushed out of a taxi in front of the clinic. He added that his captor-, allowed him to write letters, and he did so, but he had no proof they were delivered. He could not eat,or read, because his mouth and eyes were too badly burned by chloroform. He hac been held in Jerusalem all the time, "in something resembing a cave.’’ His condition fc not serious. His face and neck were badly burned by chloroform which the terrorists used when they kidnapped him. He suffered no injuries, apart from those In-

flicted at the time of the kidnapping. He had received crude medical treatment from his captors. A statement from the Government hospital says: “Mr. Collins will recover soon. He is completely conscious. The wound on his forehead is an old one, but was recently stitched.”