“TOLD THE TRUTH”

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20672, 10 March 1937, Page 9

“TOLD THE TRUTH”

SEQUEL TO PLAYWRIGHT’S DEATH United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright (Received March 9. 10.50 p.m.) LONDON, March 8. "I am convinced that Miss Oxford told the whole truth,” says Mr W. L. Pengelly, Frank Vosper’s solicitor and executor. "Her full diary of the voyage does not mention meeting Vosper and Peter Willes, satisfying me that they only met on the night of the tragedy. I believe that Vosper felt ill after drinking champagne and probably after whisky, and that he fell when leaning far from the window to get air. There is no question of jealousy.”

“I think that jealousy and excessive drinking were responsible for Frank Vesper’s fall,” said Captain Geranderie, Commander of the liner Parts, when speaking to a correspondent of

“The Daily Mail,” from Le Havre on Monday, of the disappearance from the vessel between New York and Plymouth of Frank Vosper. noted playwright and actor. “I understand that Miss Muriel Oxford, Peter Willes and Vosper were attending parties in the ship since leaving New York,” said Captain Geianderie. “After a farewell dance ended, a steward took several bottles of champagne to Miss Oxford’s cabin, where she was with Vosper and VZillees. The next we knew was Miss Oxford rushing out. shouting ‘Help, Vosper has committed suicide by jumping overboard’.” Miss Oxford denied Captain Geranderie’s allegation of excessive drinking. She di'’ not know how much Vosper and Willes had been drinking earlier in the evening.