MR OSCAR SLATER

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1929, Page 5

MR OSCAR SLATER

AN ALLEGED DEBT.i‘ LONDON, September 17. Mr Oscar. Slater—from whom. Sit! Arthur Conan Doyle is endeavouring to recover ' £2jjo allegedly advanced toward the expenses of the appeal which resulted. in; t£e jqua'shingv-.of . the conviction against Slater for/the murder of a woman in -Glasgow. in : 1908, . Slater obtaining £6OOO compensation—is residing at ia.’ good*.hotel'.;!,£ '■ ,«• Slater-offered a,n interviewer a cigar from an expensive gold-bound case, and drank an.-appetiser-before indulging in an excellent luncbeoh'.'. He is generally enjoying life; rHe!: bathes 'golfs, and dances, and is a regular ftheatre-goer. He says that he intends to live to cele- * brate his hundredth birthday. is beneath ( hip dignty.j’l Slater declared, “to answer' abuse by abuse— ; Sr Arthur Conan Doyle, had referred to him as an ungrateful dog—l won’t even call' Sir Cbnan Doyle a moneyseeker and notoriety-hunter.” ■

‘.‘Smoking- a- huge cigar, indeed !” said Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, when he read the description. “It is-easy to smoke cigars if you receive thousands' ol pounds. But . I am going to have my money.” .