BLACKMAILING A BARONESS.
FOKGEI) LETTERS
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j • London. March 4. I la the Court of Kin" - i>nch Hugh Dalrymple. an ex-cu^.ict, sued the Baroness Yon Goetz, a wealthy j philanthropist and the organiser of a | farm for discharged prisoners. Dalrymple alleged that he loaned tho baroness money, and produced scores of her letters containing endearing messages. In a sensational cross-examination counsel proved that Dalrymple, had been convicted of frauds upon women in kS%. In older to explain discrepancies in the letters, Dairy tuple alleged that his brother was responsible. Dalrymple's couu.el threw up his brief, and a verdict for the. defence, was given. The judge, impounded a hundred letters, which were obvious forgeries. The evidence showed that the barofess had £40,000 in the bank at the time. Dalrymple was attempting to blackmail her.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLII, Issue 6021, 6 March 1914, Page 5
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