HUGE SWEEP FRAUD
/ (United PrPse Afttoci anion —By ElectrW Telegraph—CopyrigLt). VANCOUVER, 13. C.. April 21. A warrant luvt been Issued tit Victoria for th 0 arrest of Arthur English, claiming to bo a former Australian inews writer. He is charged with a plot to defraud the public through a 1,500,000 dollars alleged. sweep on the next Manchester Handicap, under the guise of charity. A police raid on his office disclosed thousands of tickets, all of which were to have been sold in the United States, as on the Canadian National Handicap, at four dollars each. English disappeared a week ago, leaving his rent and .stenographer unpaid.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1931, Page 5
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106HUGE SWEEP FRAUD Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1931, Page 5
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