SUICIDE IN CELL
passenger arrested OX' ARRIVAL FROM SY'l)X T EY. ALLEGED CONFIDENCE TRICKSTER. (U.P.A. by Elec. To.!. Copyright) (Roc. April 4, 7.10 p.m.) LONDON, April 4. Alexander Valentine Harris, 49 who boarded the Otranto at Sydney, and arrested at Tilsbury, charged with having a n irregular passport, hanged himself with a pyjama, e.ord in his cell in Brixton prison. Tho arrest ended a 12 months’ search by Scotland Yard as he was wanted foi; fraud in London, in 1934. Harris fled to France, where he obtained £BOOO By means of a confidence trick -and sailed tor Australia. Scotland Yard was notified when Harris sailed from Sydney.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12521, 5 April 1935, Page 5
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