A “FAKE” SUICIDE
BROPHY FOUND IN AMERICA. WORKING ON A NEWSPAPER. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) NEW YORK, December 3. . -kfr Richard Brophy, formerly second in command of the Byrd expedition, staged a " fake ” suicide at Coney Island last August, with the object of getting out of sight. He succeeded until an editor from Omaha, who had been looking over a Byrd expedition picture last week, recognised a man working on his staff as Brophy, Upon the discovery Brophy agreed to return to his sick wife in New York, but overnight ho again disappeared. It was alleged that his friendship with ,a Broadway actress caused complications with Commander Byrd, and led to hia dismissal in Dunedin.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20892, 5 December 1929, Page 10
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117A “FAKE” SUICIDE Otago Daily Times, Issue 20892, 5 December 1929, Page 10
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