BANKER RELEASED
HAD TO PAY RANSOM PASSPORT BY BANDIT CHIEF SAFE ARRIVAL AT JERICHO (United Press As.3n.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Dec. 30, 11 a.m.) JERUSALEM, LVec. 29 M. le Boyvier, a banker who was kidnapped on December 26, has arrived at Jericho. lie said he was ransomed, whereupon a Suleiman bandit chief provided an Arabic passport requesting safe passage. M. .le Bouvier was released yesterday afternoon, lie took his bearings from the sun and walked until he reached a Greek monastery, where he spent, the night. The monks escorted him to Jericho.
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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20692, 30 December 1938, Page 5
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