[Ole Okie]

At the time of this mess, it was reported in some of the newspapers that Teddy said he swam the channel to Edgartown because the ferry had quit running. Evidently, he showed up at his hotel, and tried to make a big thing with a hotel employee about the time, and seemed to be trying to establish an alibi. I haven't seen this referred to in years, but it was a part of the original stories coming out of this fiasco.

Another part of the original story also seems to have gotten dropped along the way. Teddy told a pitiful tale of having swum to exhaustion trying to extricate Mary Jo from the Submarine USS Oldsmobile Delta 88 which then was cruising on the bottom of Poucha Pond with her as the only passenger.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Teddy told a pitiful tale of having swum to exhaustion trying to extricate Mary Jo from the Submarine USS Oldsmobile Delta 88 which then was cruising on the bottom of Poucha Pond with her as the only passenger.

Any way to verify this or prove it untrue?

[CaptainK]

One can never cover the entire tale of the con artist called Teddy. There are so many nuances to his schemes. Mere mortals fail to retain all the nooks and crannies of his misdeeds because they lack the imagination and the sense of entitlement that is the essence of this shanty Irish millionaire/civil servant

Take the cheating on his Spanish exam during his term at Harvard. He didn't just glace over at the student sitting beside him, which is the usual act of the average cheating student. Ted paid someone to sit in and take the exam for him. Unfortunately for Ted the proctor knew what he looked like and put an end to the ruse.

If only the citizens of Massachusetts were as alert as the proctor

[Sparky1776]

Yes he claimed to have swam across but showed up with DRY clothing & asked for the time from the desk clerk. He was later caught in a lie when he stated he fixed the time from a dashboard clock that was not available in a rented car (not the Olds).