DEPARTED GLORY.
SUICIDE OF BRILLIANT FRENCHMAN.
By Cabin—Press Association-Copyright.
(Received 5.5 p.m., June 13.) LONDON, June 12
The Paris correspondent of the “Daily Chronicle” states that the suicide of Armand de Berdussin, in an obscure hotel, revives memories of his meteoric triumphs before the war. He came from Lyons, where he was a humble employee in the silk trade. By operations with other people’s money he soon amassed a fortune of 30 million francs. He set liis heart on placing France at the head of the aviation world, and devoted huge sums to purchasing aeroplane patents, and giving them to the nation. He was at tho height of fame in 1913, when he was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, but was released under the First Offenders Act, in view of his services to aviation, but he was a broken man. His wife divorced him and he sank lower, and was on the verge of starvation when he shot himself.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 14 June 1924, Page 9
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