PRISON BOOKS
BOTTOMLEY'S LOSS
A loss of "several hundreds'.' on "Songs of the- Cell" and "Humours of Prison Life," two books he had written, was mentioned' by Mr. Horatio Bottoinley when he underwent a public examination ■in -bankruptcy^ says • the "Daily Mail." Mr. Bottomley's long white hair is thinning, and his I pale blue eyes have lost their sparkle. When he was called to the stand he leaned one elbow on the rail and squarely faced the Senior Assistant Official Receiver,- Mr. Waterer. They might have been having an intimate chat about the cost of living. - Mr. Bottomley was completely at ease. He agreed that ho ' had failed on three previous occasions, but the debts inrtho two first bankruptcies had 'beei'i; paid in full. . The accounts on this occasion showed liabilities of £.116,000 and assets of £1000, apart from book debts of £11,000. Mr. Bottomley said he came - out of prison in July, 1927, and by March, 1928, he had earned £12,000 as a freelance journalist. Referring to the company, wound up last October, which •ran the now defunct "John Blunt," lie admitted that, if-the accounts were correct, he had taken as much out of it as he put in. ■ ■
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 29 May 1930, Page 21
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200PRISON BOOKS Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 29 May 1930, Page 21
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