Shanghai, July 31.
FLOODS of telegrams, telephone calls and notes of sympathy over the tragic death of "Jimmy"
Cox in Tokyo yesterday afte!
jon poured into Reuters Shanghai office, their head office for the Far East, throughout the night and all day today, states Reuter.
All messages stressed the simple likableness and devotion to duty of the late Reuter Correspondent and asked for their condolences to be forwarded to his widow, who remains in Tokyo.
Mrs. Cox, who is a Belgian by birth, understood to be standing up to her bereavement well, The many. friends Japan of "Jimmy" and herself are doing all they eum to Took after her.
Mr. K, Selby-Walker. Reuters Far tern General Manager, is making arrangements to proceed to Tokyo at the earliest possible opportunity to complete arrangements for the funral and do what_clse Is necessary. He hopes. to fly from Shanghai io Tokyo today oF tomorrow, "he messages of sympathy received by Reuters come from all types of tionals and persons in every walla life—"immy's" Journalistic col-Teagues, businessmen, Japanese, Chi-neve, Americans, Britons and other Europeans, alike, "Jimmy" Cox was £5 when he met nis death, He had beer: detained by the Japanese gendarmerie in Tokyo since July 27, having been arrested!
About B ain. on that day al his House at Chigasak, a seaside resort miles. from Tokyo, where sex had taken a house for the joint communique tested yesterday evening by the Ministries of War fund 'Justice declared. that Mr. Cox, hind Geen held for alleged espionage. Te is stated to have made public, formation of importance to the Japan-exe Arimy and Navy, "The Joint communique stated that Mr. Cox ind broken away' from his last the gendarmerie headavinrterg and bolted from the window. from which he threw himself before ould be restrained. The exact ture of the Injuries from which he died have not been revealed. He fall from "a second-floor window to the wivect below, and died at 848 pan. about an hour and. three-quarters Tater.
'The lwst_noivs that had, been ceived concerning "Jimmy" prior to his tragic death, was to the effect that was being' comparatively well treated, that he was being allowed to Feeeive (ood and books from outside. but a request to have @ bath had, up that time, been refused, Fifty-tive years of age, "Jimmy Cox was a Veteran on the star of Reuters" organization. having. joined Reuters Head OMniee in London in 1901 at the age of 16, Five years later he vent to Bombay, then on to Colombo. Tu 1012 he became Manager of the hanghai news service of Reuters id stayed in that position throughout the Last Great Wor. Tu 1925 he be-fence Manager_of Reuters Hongkong office, returning to Shanghai as Man lager of news services from 1930 until 134, 194 he went ax Chict Corres: pondent to Japan, with headquarters Tokyo, This position he held unfit nig tragic, death toda; "simmy" Cox's integrity and con~ selentiousness in his duty as a news Correspondent wis a by-word Journalistic eiveles. He took the most careful pains to verify his facts and fquiole his. sources, 30. that when tas learned that he hud been arrested "for military reasons," it was fell on all-sides that there must have been some mistake—Reuter.
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