BLACKMAIL IN LONDON
GANG OF ELDERLY WOMEN
EXTRAORDINARY STORY
(Received 17th February, 2 p.m.)
LONDON, 10th February. Mrs. Cecil Chesterton, - sister-in-law of Mr. G. K. Chesterton, makes astonishing revelations of organised blackmail by a gang of elderly womeu who meet regularly in a London dosshouse within sound of- Bow Bells and study tho newspapers and otherwise keep track of happenings in tho social and political world. If a man is standing for Parliament or marrying, or a woman is marrying a rich man, the agents in this group establish confidential relations with his servants and collect gossip from friends. It may bo that a youthful escapade will be resurrected affording a chance of humiliating the wife, husband, and children, and a blackmailing letter is written. Young girls . are particularly susceptible, and, when married, are often obliged to pay a regular annuity to tho gang. The private lives of the blackmailers are outwardly respectable. Tho evil work is done quietly and unobtrusively.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 40, 17 February 1930, Page 10
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161BLACKMAIL IN LONDON Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 40, 17 February 1930, Page 10
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