Blackmailing Case.
EX-GOMVSGT & BARONESS. "OBVIOUS FORGERIES." BY EIELTKIO Telegkaph—Copy RIGHT i [United Press Association.] (Received 10.45 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.
Darlymple alleged that he loaned the Baroness money, and produced scores of the Baroness' letters contain-
ing endearments
In a sensational cross-examination, counsel proved that Dalrymple was convicted of frauds on women in 1896.
In order to explain discrepancies in the letters, Dalrymple alleged that a twin brother was responsible.
Dalrymple's counsel threw up his
brief. A verdict was returned for defendant.
The Judge impounded a hundred letters which were obvious forgeries. Evidence was given that the Baroness had £40,000 in the bank at the time of the blackmailing.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 54, 5 March 1914, Page 5
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