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Southland Times, Issue 21850, 29 October 1932, Page 3

Ernest Page, now a man of 51, was bom with an infirmity similar to a broken collarbone. He discovered later in life that the bone meant luck. He approached different insurance companies, and they fell to the tune of £2268. The mascot lost its luck in 1928, and Page and the collarbone then went to prison in the second division for 12 months. Page, who had earned the title of “The Prince of Swindlers” among insurance companies, disappeared for a period. This year, however, he again produced the collarbone, but the insurance dog did not bite. He pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey, London, to attempting to obtain £127 10/from one insurance company and £6 8/6 from another: Page and his collarbone are now undergoing three years’ penal servitude.