EXTORTION CHARGE
Janitor Uses Aviatrix'a Scarf as Bait ARRESTED BY P0UCE (Received 6, 11 a.m.; NEW YORK, Aug. 5. .Federal operatives arrested Wilbue liothar, a janitor, living with his wife and exght children, on a charge of attempted extortion from Mr. Putnam, Rothar last month, while viewing Mrs, Amelia Putnam landing at a local airfield, picked up the aviatrix's scarf whicfi was blown off by the wind. Rothar used the scarf in an effort to convince Mr. Putnam that his wife was still alive, having been reseued by an arms-running ship from an island near New GGuinea. He omauded 2000 dollarifor her safe ^eturn.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 171, 6 August 1937, Page 4
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104EXTORTION CHARGE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 171, 6 August 1937, Page 4
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