The Archive · 1928

The Keswick Road Tragedy

Mr, Law Slightly Improved: A

Clue Possibly. Obtained After being for nearly four days unconscious, Mr. H, Dudley Law, who was shot at the same time a3 Miss Dorothy Thompson was killed Keswick Mond on October 2, showed signs of returning to consciousness on Sunday night. On Monday he was able'to take some nourishment and say something about what had happened. The bullet whick penetrated his skull, however, appears to have affected his powers of speech, and this, in addition to the state of confusion consequent upon the seriousness of his wounds, has hindered the police in obtaining anything definite, From stray phrases it was a: sumed that two armed Chinese we responsible for the hold-up and shooting. While Mr. Law was not in 'a condition to confirm or deny these rumours to those anxious to learn what had happened, he said sufficient to put inva: tors on the track.

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