THE ALLEGED DUBLIN SUICIDE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE srscrwroa.."3 SIR,—Your interesting article in the Spectator of November 18th, entitled " Pathos," is, alas ! founded upon a hoax. No such person as Ferdinand de Freyne Rienzi de Conroy ever existed, and consequently no such person ever drowned him- self. Why the new Dublin paper, the Social Review, gave currency to such a report, I am unable to imagine; but, having made inquiries on the spot, I am in a position to say that no suicide of a boy at Portobello Harbour has occurred at any recent date. The entire story is a fabrication, and did not appear in any other Dublin daily paper.—I am, Sir, &c.,
E. S. ROBERTSON.
University Club, Dublin, November 20th.
[In writing, we felt no few qualms as to the authenticity of the story, but we did not give any contemporary credit for so deliberate a fabrication.—En. Spectator.]
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