BOYS DEMAND £SOOO.
TERRIFY YOUNG WOMAN. Two boys, aged 15 and 12, who typed a threatening letter from a novel and sent it to Miss Lily Shear (19), of Smith Street, Stepney, London, recently, were remanded in custody at a juvenile court in Toynbee Hall. The letter included the words "the shot will be fired by hand that never misses" and demanded that £SOOO in notes should be placed in a garden centre-piece at the back of Miss Shear's house. A solicitor said that the letter in the novel said: "You have only 24 hours for certain," but the boys gave Miss Shear much longer to pay the £SOOO. Miss Shear broke down and wept bitterly when she described the "nerve strain and rack" after receiving the letter.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3401, 2 August 1932, Page 3
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128BOYS DEMAND £5000. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3401, 2 August 1932, Page 3
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