223:. It was later claimed that Hadley had spoken in several foreign languages, did not appear to know where he was travelling to, argued with a waiter in the dining car, and made gestures at German officers. After briefly returning to his seat, he was shot in the stomach while in the train's corridor by a
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on 17 April 1915, which quoted the German communiqué, and protested at the acquittal of
Nicolay. A statement by Hadley's cousin S. Eardley Wilmot was published on 20 April 1915, also doubting the German official account, and cited the case as an example of "Prussian brutality". Other English
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cleared him of all blame and he was promoted to
Captain within a few months of the incident. Nonetheless, the British government continued to regard the case as one of murder. They issued a statement, published in
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