SOLICITOR'S DEBTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 114, 15 May 1936, Page 7

SOLICITOR'S DEBTS.

Worry as Explanation of His Disappearance. N.S.W. MYSTERY SOLVED. BROKEN HILL, May 14. A voluntary statement was made today by Allan Thompson; clerk, one of two brothel's who disappeared on a •fishing trip up the Hawkesbury River and were subsequently located in a hotel at Broken Hill. It was signed by himself and his brother Harold. The statement says the two men were fishing when Harold Uiompson, a solicitor, remarked that he was "in a mess with his debts" as the result of personal operations. Allan Thompson described his brother's efforts to sink tlieir launch by withdrawing the piug and striking the side with U.e anchor. He said that his brother "had a mad look in his eyes" and suggested that lie (Allan) should swim asiiore and let him go down with the boat", adding: "You can say the boat was capsized by a sudden wave and there will not be any stigma of suicide." Continuing, Allan Thompson said he persuaded his brother to go away with him after he had declared he was determined "either to die or to get right away." The statement then gave details of the men's journey to Broken Hill and their discovery by the police who gave them good advice.