CHARGES OF BLACKMAIL
MONEY FROM SWINDLER THREE PERSONS CHARGED BROTHER AND SISTER (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Dec. 29, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Walter Cragg, aged 57, a disbarred attorney and Joseph Brandino and Mary Brandino, brother and sister, were charged with extorting £I6OO yearly from Philip Musica, alias Coster, head of the bankrupt drug and chemical firm of McKesson and Robbins, who committed suicide. Government men state that altogether eight persons knew Coster was a swindler and blackmailed him for £IO,OOO to £30,000 yearly. A London message states that four Scottish firms have received demands totalling over £23,000 sterling from the commission examining the affairs of McKesson and R'obbins, in which Coster was concerned. The accounts are for goods allegedly supplied. The firms deny liability and suggest that their names were taken at random from a directory.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19824, 29 December 1938, Page 5
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141CHARGES OF BLACKMAIL Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19824, 29 December 1938, Page 5
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