A MODERN SINBAD.
DE ROUGEMONT’S RETURN. A BEWRINKLED OLD MAN. London, Jan. 1. A man named Louis Redmond, claiming to be De Rougemont, is seriously ill in a hospital in London. , (Received 3, 1.50 P.m. De Rougemont was admitted to the hospital on 19th December, a gaunt and bewrinkled white bearded old man. He gave his age as 85 and freely discussed with the nurses bis former adventures. The “Daily Express” says he was last seen in London in 1914 when he endeavoured to arrange a South Polar expedition. He married Miss Thirsa Cooper in 1914 and then dis-appeared.—-(United Service.)
De Rougemont created a sensation some years ago by telling wonderful tales of his travels in the East and South Seas. He painted vivid word pictures of various impossible incidents, one of which was a ride for many miles through the sea on tiie back of a turtle. For a time his stories were believed, by many people and the discovery that they were the product of a fertile imagination. created a sensation.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 17, 3 January 1920, Page 5
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173A MODERN SINBAD. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 17, 3 January 1920, Page 5
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