FAKED A SUICIDE
RICHARD BROPHY NOT DEAD. FORMER COLLEAGUE OF BYRD. New York, December 3. 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 recognized a man working on his staff as Brophy. Upon discovery Brophy agreed to return to his sick wife in New York, but overnight again disappeared. It was alleged that his friendship with a Broadway actress caused the complications with Commander Byrd and led to his dismissal in Dunedin.
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Southland Times, Issue 20949, 5 December 1929, Page 6
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109FAKED A SUICIDE Southland Times, Issue 20949, 5 December 1929, Page 6
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