•Invited on trip by German Journalist, Dr Herbert
Mueller.
•Gareth assured by Mueller; “Absolutely Safe, No
Bandits”.
•After kidnapping,
Mueller unusually released after two days
as captive, and
–gave the only account
of the episode, claiming the Japanese
instigated the kidnap by putting them on the wrong road.
•$8000 Ransom later rejected by bandits …
•Gareth was tragically
murdered after two weeks on very eve
of his 30th birthday -12 Aug 1935 …