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Article: LETTER FROM THE GRAVE.(Front)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 4, 2005
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Byline: BILL BURKE
BY BILL BURKE
THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
On the morning of Jan. 11, while awaiting trial on charges that included conspiracy and obstruction of justice, Richard M. Hirschfeld hanged himself in the laundry room of a Miami prison. Two days later, Virginian-Pilot reporter Bill Burke received a 31-page handwritten letter from Hirschfeld.
The letter apparently was composed over several days just prior to Hirschfeld taking his life. Its main purpose: one final plea from the flamboyant lawyer-financier to have his name cleared. Burke had struck up a relationship, primarily via e-mail, with Hirschfeld in 2000 while the Norfolk ...