BLACKMAILERS CAUGHT
aeroplane and, pigeon. (United Press Association. —By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this day at .9.25 a.m) . BERLIN, July 21. Send ten pounds': by bird or the house will be fired, was the message to - the leg of a carrier enclosed in a, box hanging on the front, gate of' the : residence .of;. Mrs Holle,wife of i a 'leading 'Bochum, i factoryowner. sTlie police had a.;,brilliant idea o e using aeroplanes to' track -home the bird", whereto a ‘red::' streamer: was affixed to facil itate';, ddeil tification. planes executed hfliir raising "inanoeuvres as the bird circled ..and dived, seeking its bearings. They narrowly missed churchspfres. The bird finally was aerially photographed entering a loft. Am aeroplane dropped a plan to the police who caught two -men unfastening the streamer. They denied that the bird was theirs, so it was twice released, and each' time returned to the loft, whereupon the blackmailers confessed. v. ■ •••
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1931, Page 5
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153BLACKMAILERS CAUGHT Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1931, Page 5
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