BLACKMAILERS IN AMERICA
A DAfRIDOG GANG. . Austin iiiMi rf,n,j NZ Cable Association, (Kec. Sept. 21. 11.20 a.m.) ... > . WASHiIMGTON, Sept, 20. The heads of the J>epartment of Justice 'land the bureaus at Chicago, New York and Philadelphia met at Washing ton to-day to try and arrange for the /secret testimony of many wealthy society men concerning the operations of the . most daring band of blackmailers in America's 1 history. The [Department of Justice has evidence showing that a gang, operating with beautiful women, fleeced victims of over 1,000,000 dollars by threatening -proceedings under the Mann White Slave Law which provides severe penalties for men accompanying women on inter-State journeys. The Department of justice cannot break the gang without the testimony of victims, who protest that it would .ruin their reputations if they, testified.. Efforts are being made to discover a legal means of proceeding in cviniera.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 21 September 1916, Page 5
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