WILY FEMALES.
SNARES FOR BOOTLEGGERS,
NEW YORK, October 25
Forty pretty girls were used by the Prohibition Department in its recent anti-bootl egging drive. Specially trained as detectives to ensnare bootleggers, these wily females succeeded remarkably well, as is shown in the result of a week's raids. The girls posed as school teachers, business women and show girls. One became a sweetheart of Ralph Ritter, a bootlegger, who was indicted, but he has not yet been arrested. He is reputed to be worth £3,000,000, all made in rum-running. "Scarface" A 1 C'apone, who is supposed to be languishing quietly in Philadelphia gaol, entered a conspiracy when cheques signed by him since October 1, for over £20,000, were found amongst papers captured in a bootleg citadel. Two other huge syndicates were revealed in Detroit, and 45 further indictments were filed there by the grand jury.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 256, 29 October 1929, Page 7
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