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June 11, 1932

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SERVANT, 28, TAKES POISON; Was Awaiting Police for Fourth Questioning in the Lindbergh Case. WATCHED SINCE THE CRIME Schwarzkopf Says Act Confirms Suspicion She Had Guilty Knowledge of Abduction. PRISONER OFFERS AN ALIBI But Police Say His and Wife's Stories Fail to Agree -- His Indictment to Be Sought. MORROW SERVANT COMMITS SUICIDE

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V Sharpe, maid in Mrs Morrow's home, commits suicide by poison, Englewood, N J; suspected by police of connection with kidnapping; E Brinkert, called companion on night of kidnapping, seized by police; he and wife offer alibis; por of Brinkert; Fleischer to be questioned

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Athol Fugard

1932Athol Fugard, South African-American actor, director, and playwright (died 2025)[†]

Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard was a South African playwright, novelist, actor and director. Widely regarded as South Africa's greatest playwright and acclaimed as "the greatest active playwright in the English-speaking world" by Time magazine in 1985, he published more than thirty plays. He is best known for his political and penetrating plays opposing the system of apartheid, some of which have been adapted to film. His novel Tsotsi was adapted as a film of the same name, which won an Academy Award in 2005. Three plays he wrote, and two plays he co-authored, were nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play.

1932Tim Sainsbury, English businessman and politician, Minister of State for Trade[†]

Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury is a Conservative politician and businessman in the United Kingdom.