SENSATIONAL BLACKMAIL CASE.
PREDICAMENT OF BARONESS. USE OF FORGED LETTERS. (Press Assn.—By Telegraph— Copyright.) (Received March 5, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 4. Hugh Dalrymple, an ex-convict, sued Baroness von Goetz, a wealthy philanthropist and organiser of a farm for discharged prisoners. Dalrymple alleged that he had loaned the baroness money. He produceS scores of the baroness's letters • containing endearments. A sensation was caused by the crossexamination when counsel proved that Dalrymple had been convicted of frauds on women m 1896. In order to explain the discrepancies m the letters Dalrymple alleged that his own brother was responsible. Dalrymple's counsel threw up his brief, and a verdict was returned -for defendant. .The judge impounded 100 letters, which were obvious forgeries. Evidence was given that the baroness had £40,000 m the bank at the time of the blackmailing.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13321, 5 March 1914, Page 3
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136SENSATIONAL BLACKMAIL CASE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13321, 5 March 1914, Page 3
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