UNDERWORLD QUEENS
U.S. rOLICF TO WOO THEM NEW YORK. 12th July. The Police Department is taking a leaf out of the book of .Scotland Yard. Fifty of the best detectives in America., wlio are not known personally to thieves and racketeers (hired gunmen), in N'ew York, are being recruited from the .Secret Service Hureau. They are expected to become member.* of hoodlum gangs, confidants of bootleggers, and sweethearts of underworld queens. When they get infornuili f value to the Police Department they will telephone their chief, giving only their number. They will never appear at headquarters and cannot, make mi arrest even if they want to. None of these *>o will be personally known j ii another.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 23 July 1929, Page 2
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117UNDERWORLD QUEENS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 23 July 1929, Page 2
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