Original sentence: Fred Blakeley, leader of Lasseter's 1930 expedition branded Lasseter a charlatan who ripped off his investors in a clever scheme to convince them that such a gold reef existed.Stapleton (published in Adelaide, 1981).This claim was rejected inLasseter Did Not Lie by A
Edited sentence: " That finding ignored other documentation which recorded that in September he had been taken to hospital unconscious with a head injury and had spent from 11 September to 22 October in two different hospitals recovering.A notable exception amongst Lasseter's associates was the expedition pilot, Errol Coote, who believed in the essential truth of Lasseter's story.After the medical board's finding he was discharged from the army on 2 November 1917.Although Lasseter has been accused of romancing or lying about his gold reef, it is plain that many of Lasseter's associates spread misinformation about him as they were being blamed for his death having left him unsupported for months in the desert.As an example, in his World War I military records Lasseter is documented as having been medically examined on 30 October 1917 and found to be "mentally deficient" and as having "marked hallucinations" and a "peculiar manner and is constantly talking.Even government officials helped spread untruths concerning Lasseter in an attempt to destroy the idea of a rich gold find in Central Australia for in the 1930s too many prospectors were getting into difficulties and requiring expensive search and rescue operations.He was also a prominent spokesman for a group of citizens planning a large wooden ship building project at Port Welshpool, Victoria, a project which only collapsed because the war ended and contracts for wooden ships were withdrawn.It was written because Fred Blakeley, leader of Lasseter's 1930 expedition, and others had branded Lasseter a charlatan who ripped off his investors in a clever scheme to convince them that such a gold reef existed.Lasseter's efforts at that time were not those of a "mentally deficient" man.Stapleton (published in Adelaide, 1981) refutes the idea that Lasseter was no more than a con-man.The book Lasseter Did Not Lie by A.The book claims that he may have been largely telling the truth, with supporting evidence.Yet in early 1918 he wrote and published an impressive poem denouncing war