Arnold Rothstein, tha notorious Broadway gambler, whose murder a year ago after a card party in New York has never been solved, left estate valued at about £ 502,600. Following the murder the heirs to the estate succeeded in getting a deathbed will declared void. The heirs then stated that Rothstein had lent huge sums of money to high public officials," and an investigation disclosed that a magistrate had obtained a loan from Rothstein, George McManus was acquitted of the murder early in December after a long trial.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 33, 8 February 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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