AMAZING STORY

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 296, 13 September 1927, Page 9

AMAZING STORY

BY PROFESSED HERO OF JUTLAND DISCOUNTED BY POLICE AT PORTSMOUTH London, September 11. The newspaper “Observes” reports that, hopelessly maimed, Patrick Terence O'Malley, aged 52, of Curraghmore, Ireland, wandered into Brighton police station and said that he had be.en a first-class petty officer aboard the Queen Mary in the Jutland battle. His family was notified that he had been killed in action, but 1 two days after the battle O'Malley, lashed to -i mess-table, was picked up raving mad by the Germans. He was confined for ten vears’in an asylum at Wilhelms haven with otic meal daily and no amusements. lie was not allowed to write home. He gradually became sane, and was repatriated a few weeks ago. He arrived at Tilbury, paying his fare with £2 given him in ■ Germany. He has a cork leg and crutches made in Germany. His left leg is missing below the thigh, and his right below the knee. His arms arc paralysed, and he has a silver plate replac- . ing his jaw. (Rec. September 12, 7 p.m.) London, September 12. The latest achievement of Patrick O’Mallcv is reported On the strength of the story he told the Court, the Magistrate dismissed the charge of drunkenness against him, paid bis fare to London, where on his arrival railwaymen tenderly helped him out, placed him in a chair, and wheeled him through the barrier. When among the crowd he vanished and could not be traced.

The Portsmouth police reveal that O’Malley, when previously convicted for begging and drunkenness, related false stories of his amazing exploits in the army.— Svdtiev “Sun” Cable.