CONFIDENCE MENS BUSY YEAR
-■ ■ - ♦ ■— ONLY ONE WOMAN PIGEON PLUCKED "PEISON NOT GOOD ENOUGH." Rocoivod Monday, 8.45 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 1. Confidence tricksters in London have established a record this year. It •is reliably estimated that thus far they •have netted £200,000 from credulous victims, many of whom are Australians. Sob-Hand Yard officials say inoit of tho confidence men are now en route to various other parts of the world, the Rivcira, Madrid, Florida and Sydney in quest of unsuspecting pigeons. Only one woman is known to have fallen a victim. A well-known detective is of the opinion th aotp irs onitosn iyKNC opinion that prison is not gootl enough for confidence men. They deserve a public testimonial.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 December 1929, Page 8
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