GRAFTERS AND CRIME.
A NEW INSPECTOR'S RUSE, Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 24, 5.5 p.m. St. Petersburg, May 23. The police at Odessa are exacting a tribute of £B6OO annually from sixty disorderly houses. Grafters wished to drag a new inspector into thq school. Finding- threats unavailing, they invited him to luncheon. As he appeared to acquiesce, they laid before him a full
list of the houses, together with the contributions paid. '. The inspector requested a few hours for consideration, and was permitted to retain the documents until next day. iHe had the papers photographed, and [the police implicated "have been pfoseIcirtofl.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 5, 25 May 1914, Page 5
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103GRAFTERS AND CRIME. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 5, 25 May 1914, Page 5
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