A woman who was standing near the man said: "He appeared to come fe fron. the fourth row behind us. He pushed hig way to the edge of the footpath. I heard' someone call: Get him! Get him! A woman followed him as he attempted to break the police cordon. Simultaneously, the woman and a policeman knocked the revolver out of his hand, and it fell to the road.
Another person said that as soon fas the man produced the revolver, people shouted and screamed and surged towards him. A constable struck the man's arm upward almost before the revolver wai levelled. Afterwards the man was attacked from all sides and flung to the ground, Besides the Duke of York, several high amicers of the Guards saw the whole affair, "Like His Majesty, the Duke of York rode on unperturbed, As Mahon was being removed from the scene, another man approached the police, There was a scuffle, and was also arrested, Later two women, who had wit essed the Incident, left in a police-ear for Scotland Yard.
'A press photograph of the incident shows Mahon being removed towards an ambulance by three policemen.
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