A Blackmailer
A DISGRACE TO JOURNALISM. BOWLED OUT BY A WOMAN. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 30, 10.50 p.m. Rome, March 30. Innocent Cicala, editor of the Taranto newspaper, was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment for blackmailing Dorothy Macvad, an American prima donna,
/■Cicala, needing funds for his Socialist candidature for Parliament, showed her the proofs of an article which he declared was about to appear in Rome, accusing her of espionage in the interests of France. He pretended to defend her, and asked for £SOO to enable him to suppress the article. He obtained all her ready money and jewellery, and called/next day for the balance, when I.e was arrested in the presence of representatives of other journals concealed behind a screen.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 259, 31 March 1914, Page 5
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122A Blackmailer Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 259, 31 March 1914, Page 5
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