Word: corkran
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Brave and British to the core is 19-year-old Mrs. Kenneth Pawley of Newchang on the Japanese South Manchuria Railway. Several weeks ago Chinese bandits kidnapped Mrs. Pawley (a bride of three months), her two dogs (an Irish setter and an Alsatian) and one Mr. Corkran who calls Mrs. Pawley "Tinko." Last week anxious friends received a grimy ransom note, demanding $100,000 mex. (about $30,000), failing which Mrs. Pawley's and Mr. Corkran's ears would be cut off. Appended was a postscript from Mrs. Pawley...
...great chance for Japanese authorities to show how much they are needed in Manchuria. The British Consul General in Mukden and Japanese Commander-in-Chief General Muto held several conferences, finally decided to pay a ransom. Meanwhile Mrs. Pawley's father received a note from kidnapped Mr. Corkran...
Announced the British Consul General, "I have sent a messenger and later I have even sent a second messenger, urging the bandits to send a competent agent to expedite our negotiations for the liberation of Mrs. Pawley and Mr. Corkran. It appears that heavy rains have delayed the return of the messengers and the arrival of the intermediary...