19th October 1921
Jack is a hero, its in all the papers, he save a 14 year old boy from being murdered by a mad man. He was working at Stevens when he heard screams and a man in Botley Road was trying to cut the throat of the boy with a razor. Jack tackled the man to the ground and other men came to help and held him until the police arrived. The boy was taken to the Radcliffe and fortunately he survived.
Jack was his brother John who lived at Wolvercote, a village near Bletchington. His military training in World War One probably helped him. The man was found to be insane and if Jack had not acted so quickly the boy would have died.
Oxford Chronicle, newspaper, 25th November 1921
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