AMAZING BLACKMAIL
ARMY CAPTAIN DESPOILED,
PARTS WITH NEARLY £II,OOO,
(Received 2. k 0 p.m.) LONDON, April 6,
One of the most amazing ca«es in the history of blackmailing was revealed at Bow Street, when four men
were charged with obtaining £10,859 from a retired Army captain whose name was not disclosed.
After attending a theatre the captain was inveigled into a bedroom in London where two men immediately secured £SO under threat of calling in the police. Thenceforward others of the gang secured £95 for a passage to Algeria, £l2O on a plea of a wife being ill, then £2OO for a wife’s funeral expenses. The demands continued throughout 1925, including £IOO passage money for two men to Australia. Finally a so-called Detective Lynch appeared and philanthropically promised to deal with the blackmailers, but quickly demanded £IOO and then £2OOO, until the cheques aggregated £IO,OOO. The ease was adjourned.—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 7 April 1927, Page 5
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