scandals

Jean Harold Edward St. Cyr was involved in a scandal alleging he was merely posing as a member of a wealthy French family, but was, in fact from Texas.

With the following citation, I would imagine this photo is from 1914. Special to The New York Times. April 28, 1915, Section , Page 13, PHILADELPHIA, April 27. -- Jean H. E. Saint Cyr, whose pink silk sweater and sky-blue shirts attracted much attention in Bar Harbor last Summer,

So, was he found to be really a St. Cyr, or was he truly insincere?

According to this newspaper article news.google.com/newspapers?id=OQAdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IpsEA... St Cyr died in 1967 in La Jolla California, still claiming to be a French aristocrat. However, he left money in his will to Hugh Thompson of Waco, Texas who in 1916 told the New York Times St. Cyr was not his brother Jack. select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10C1EF6355C1373...

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENTS, and we'd love to have this added to the group! SPEAKING OF SCANDALS, I wonder how the laptop spy cameras will end up in a court of law? I am sure there are some paranoid administrators pacing about at this time....thus, added to a gallery.

Thanks for sharing this photo with the commons! We've used it in an illustration for opensource.com opensource.com/law/10/3/community-lawyers