SILLY PLATT.
INFATUATED by negr.es® AND NOT, B LA;QKMA! LED,
HANNAH’ ELIAS RETAINS MILLIONAIRE’S CASH,
By; Telegraph— Press Association-* Copyright,) Received 10.30 p.m., Feb, 23. NEW YORK', Fob, 23.; Tha action brought' by John Platt, an American millionaire, against the negress Hannah Elias, to recover £1,371,000, which he alleged she had obtaiined from him'by blackmail, was; toeaisd by the New, York Supreme Court, and dismissed. The Court held that' Hiatt’was infatuated toy the negress, and gave hen property worth £200,000.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1388, 24 February 1905, Page 2
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80SILLY PLATT. Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1388, 24 February 1905, Page 2
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