Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-17 | Page 2 | Kitchener Hoax Peeves Britons

KITCHENER HOAX PEEVES BRITONS Authorities Seek W Way ay to Punish Coffin Owner LO-DO LO LONDON Aug Aur 17 By IT By The Associated Press Press British news newa- newspaper paper papers today were g the ques ques- question tion whether any legal leial penalty could be b Imposed In connection with yesterdays yesterday discovery that Chat the Che coffin delivered at Waterloo ate sta station lion lien and alleged to contain the body of the late Lord Kitchener was waa empty Some Som of the tho th papers paper say that the police and home homo officials official are ar study study- studying ine Ing the tho entire affair with a view to determining whether anything pun pun- punishable pun his h been done dont Frank Power the tho British news news- newspaper newspaper paper man who was responsible for forthe the story atory tory that Chat Lord bOdy was wa picked up oft ocr the tho th coast or of Norway after aCtor the tho th tragic tr tlc sinking of the cruiser Hampshire has haa ha given en en no definite explanation as aa yet regarding the empty coffin The press preas association hu has ha quoted him as assaying saying salnA that naturally he was sur sur- aur- aur surprised surprised to read rUd that the tho coW coffin 0 was Voas empty and that he h wished ho he had be been n present when the coffin cortin was examined It Is la understood that the government has forbidden ex ex- x exhibition of a film of th the alleged allege finding of the Cho body and nd the arrival ar arrival rival of ot the coffin In London Meantime the th coffin n and other paraphernalia of what le Is I dow now reo re carded re-carded carded as a a hoax have ha been n be n re- re re moved removed to the lost property depart depart- department ment at Scotland Yard Tard