ATTEMPTED BLACKMAIL.
FRUSTRATED BY DETECTIVES. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) LONDON, August 3. Heinrich Kremmerskothen, a welldressed youth, has been remanded on a charge of blackmail. The prosecution stated that Lord Rothschild had received a letter, demanding £30,400 for a certain society, and suggesting that he should answer by advertisement through the Times. The letter threatened that if Lord Rothschild notified the police, or did not comply with the request, ho and his relatives would be killed. '•-' A detective gave evidence that an advertisement was inserted, agreeing' that a parcel (containing bogus money) should be hidden in a wall in a Coventry Street- restaurant.' The man was.watched as he went to the restaurant, and was arrested after a. severe struggle.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 August 1913, Page 5
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120ATTEMPTED BLACKMAIL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 August 1913, Page 5
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