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From information recently received it is learned that R. B. Merriman '96, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science, and Master of Eliot House, while traveling in Italy, became involved in an altercation with Fascist police, and fears are entertained for his safety. Merriman, it is believed, was accosted while on the train, by the Italian agents.
Firmly believing in his innocence, he protested the action and is understood to have resorted to physical violence in an effort to defend his position. The affair was finally settled and although the officers threatened arrest and removal from the train it is believed that he was released.
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