FAKE SUICIDE.
BROPHY BACK TO LIFE. Byrd's Former Mate Identified By Polar Pictures. AFFAIR WITH N.Z. GIRL. (United P.A.-Electric Telegraph-Copyrightj (Received 12.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 3. Richard Brophy, tlie former second-in-command of the Byrd Expedition, staged a fake suicide on Coney Island last August, with the object of getting All t of sisrht.
He dropped out all right until the editor of the "Omaha Bee," looking over Byrd expedition pictures last week, recognised a man working on his staff as Brophy. ■ Upon this discovery, Brophy agreed 'to return to his sick wife in New York, but overnight again disappeared. It was alleged that his friendship with a Broadway actress and a New Zealand girl caused complications with Commander Byrd and led to his dismissal in Dunedin.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 287, 4 December 1929, Page 7
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