AN ARMLESS HERO.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4004, 10 August 1915, Page 6

AN ARMLESS HERO.

THE MISSING LIMB DISCOVERED For sonio time past the soldiers m training at Rhyl, as well as the residents of tho town, have been Rung and entertaining a supposed \ .C. amt D.C.M. hero, but on Saturday, June 12, the police put a stop to Lie man s game, and exposed his fraud. He arrived in Rhyl in. khaki with one arm missing, and ho said lie had been wounded at- the front, and for saving the life of an officer he was awarded the b.CJ.M. and <il so the A’ •C. He crave the name of Bradbury, and said he had been a sergeant m the King’s Rifles. He, went so far as to address gatherings of the soldiers, describing‘in detail the engagements lie bad been through, and ho urged young men-to enlist- instead of spending thentime at the seaside. . He was a regular visitor to Lie N.C.O.’s messes in tho town, and was everywhere welcomed and entertained. On Saturday morning a lady was s<> taken with the man that she bought him a largo basket of strawberries and added a jug of! cream to her gift, vlMe a gentleman bought him a new cap. Great was the surprise of the hero s numerous friends when the police marched him off to the police station. Hero ho was examined, and it "■>- found that his missing arm, which he said a- shell took off, was carefully stowed away inside the waistcoat anti trousers. It was also found that ho had not been wounded, and "lien charged with being a fraud the man readilv admitted that his real name was Victor Ilenshaw, but that ho was also known as Victor McClare, and that he had boon for about a week m the Scottish Guards, but had deserted Tho man has been handed met to the military authorities for wearing the King’s uniform without authority. Many of tho stories told concerning the man arc. most amusing. Ho < free motor rides, ho addressed meetings in- the gardens and on the sands, h?was treated in hotels and elsewhere, and ho went so far as to gR exhibitions of his ability as a one-hand pianist. _____ ____