BROPHY IN BOTHER
DISCOVERED IN OMAHA AFTER “SUICIDE” NEW ZEALAND GIRL FRIEND United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copyright Reed. 11.56 a.m. NEW YORK, Tues. Richard G. Brophy, who formerly was second in command of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, staged a fake suicide at Coney Island last August, with the object of getting out of sight. He dropped out all right, until the
R. G. BROPHY
editor of the “Omaha Bee,” looking over some Byrd expedition pictures last week, recognised a man who was working on his staff as Brophy. Upon this discovery being made, Brophy agreed to return to his sick wife in New York, but during the night he again disappeared. It was alleged that it was his friendship with a Broadway actress and a New Zealand girl that caused the complications with Commander Byrd, and led to his dismissal in Dunedin.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 837, 4 December 1929, Page 1
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