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Name: MORTIMER, I. (Inspector)
Death Date: 1947 - murdered by Africans
Profession: Members of the Dini ya Jesu Christo murdered a British police Inspector, Inspector Mortimer, and 2 askaris
Book Reference: Ione, Stoneham - Mau
General Information:
Stoneham - Mau - Dini ya Jesu Kristo - Asst. Inspector Mortimer killed ..... the sergeant, who escaped, said he saw Mortimer with his back to the wall of a hut, firing at men who attacked him. He saw him struck on the head with a simi, and then he beat a retreat, loading his rifle as he ran.
Not in 1946 Blue Book - no Mortimers listed with the Police