The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30

the executive board of the Vendetta League of
the United States, and payment releases you
from further assessments till our special agent
! finds that you are worth over $500, 900, when
we will be at liberty to call upon you again.
Payment OF this viii warrant you every protec-
ton against outside crooks that our position in
the ''profeSh' affords US.
That you may be fully informed as to why
and by whom this demand is made we here
with give you the following: The Vendetta
League is an association of the most skillful
crooks in the United States. We have q head
office where data as regards mems business
standing and social and domestic relations are
gathered from all over the United States. Our
object is twofold. First not to modest men in
business who are so involved that they would
be ruined to pay our demands, and as all as
sessments are made from data in the main
Office, and simply the amount name and ad-
dress are sent TO the party who takes charge,
no confusion arises, and each member gets his
share and no mistake is made. Second, our
social and domestic data puts us in posi-
ton to hit the hardest possible blow where we
meet with refusal our efforts are molested
In any way.
We use every weapon known to criminality
to punish with, arson, abduction, kidnapping
social ruin, and do not stop at killing if the
case requires. We do all this class OF work
through class that we can ALWAYS Law our
hands on for few dollars, and no league
member appears in it. Within three years we
have been fully organized. We have had only
three occasions to apply the laws OF the league
and hope never to have to do it again. We
never harm or modest the party who refuses
PERSONAL---VERY. is, we cause a few fires, make
insurance hard to get and whole lots OF things
might happen that would make life a burden
To attempt to modest any of our agents or try
to use detective or police work on us comes
under the head of capital crime, and then
man must be well prepared and ever vigilanti If
something does not happen to some OF his be-
loved ones. for the Vendetta once set to work
knows no let up, so long as there is any more
place left 10 strike, or else the offender is in an
insane asylum or blown his brains out.
We always use innocent parties to do our col
lecting and delivering OF funds to final desti-
nation, and any watch put on them or any at
tempt to trail them is sure TO be followed bv
bad results. Property may be recovered, an
innocent tool may be booked by the cunning
detective, but our hawkeye who is watching
over the game gives due warning so none Of
our people get their fingers burned. And then
woe to the man who for dollars sake bring s
the Vendetta on his trail. Life from then on is
one continued nightmare. A son comes up
missing, child is kidnapped, wife siekens
and dies, fires attack property until insurance
and devilishness that can be devised by fertile
brains will surely follow.
The payment of the above $4,000 assessment
must be paid in United States bank bills in de-
in original package. Any attempt to mark
bills will fall on the head of yourself and will
be treated as attempted detection. We will
send our collector to your office at P. NJ. next
Monday who will hand you an envelope with
receipt for the amount signed Vendetta.
ASK him no questions but hand him the
AAOhCy, LI''ely WTappGQ y LII u newspaper par
eel and tied with a stout cord; Any attempt
to follow the collector Will only bring on the
results set forth above. Respectfully,
VENDETTA.
San Francisco, October IS, 1895.
P. S.-As a sensible business man you will
not give this letter publicity, as by so doing
you would only give some coarse crooks a
pointer That they would use without Judgment.
II at any time you want to make use OF US for
detectives you put notice in the Chicago
tribune 10 the effect that you want to COM
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way.
Mr.. MISSIONER Immediately sent the let
ter to police headquarters, and Detective
| Bohen was detailed on the case. On Mon
DAY afternoon Bohen was in waiting at the
| office 319 Pine street, and promptly on
time messenger-boy entered and handed
Mr.. Westover a letter. He opened it and
! 1t contained the receipt referred to in the
letter. Bohen took the messenger in hand
and made him return to the place where
he got the letter. 1t was from a house on
the southwest corner of Bush and Mont
| gomery streets, and when Bohen got there
ne ascertalned that the landlady got the
letter from one of her roomers that MORN
| ing with instructions to send 1t with q
messenger to 319 Pine street. The land
lady said her roomer's name was S. A. Nc
Lean and that he had gone to Alameda.
| Bohen found that Mclean had been
| stopping at the Russ House, and was in
the habit of going there frequently, so he
left instructions with the clerk to notify
the California police station when Mclean
called. This was done, and Policeman
Wren went to the Russ House and arrested
him.
Yesterday Mr.. Westover swore to a com.
plant In Judge Conlan's court, charging
| Mclean with q felony in attempting tc
| extort money.
Mclean was seen in the City Prison yes.
terday afternoon. He is man about Al
years OF age, and does not seem much con
cerneo over his arrest. When asked fol