SIR E. GEDDES' DOUBLE,
LUNATIC ON MYSTERY SHIP,
A steady stream rf verple made their way recently to inspect a mystery ship nl Lond >m. and this reminded Captain \uten, V/*., of a ftorv of the. vessel's last visit to London 'The crowds," he said, "were pretty bis? towards tlio finish. The police wore sirn .desperately with a hi,' crowd when a man told one of them that he was Sir Erie (Soddes. Ho bore porno resemblance to the then First l,<>rd, and when 1 came on tho scene I said, by way of introduction, ' Are you Sir Eric Geddes?" ' Yes,' was tlio reply. " The visitor win invited on board, when lie said, ' My friend, David Lloyd Georpo, sent me down to see the ship.' I asked him to the cabin and invited him to sign the visitors' hook, whilo I communicated with the Admiralty, bemuse First Lords do not talk like that. The book was signed, ' Sir Eric lieddies, 0.8.E.,' hut I had instructions to have the man taken to the police station for impersonation. Ho was then found to be a lunatic with a likeness to Sir Erie, and still persists that ho is tho real Sir Eric."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17139, 19 April 1919, Page 2 (Supplement)
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200SIR E. GEDDES' DOUBLE, New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17139, 19 April 1919, Page 2 (Supplement)
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