Indiana daily times., 1922-05-27
Highways and By-Ways
OF Lii or New York :
A 7 M 0 N D G A r r
Copyright. 1922. by Public Ledger Company -

Clique" he said "I had recently brought
10 my attention two young women who
make II their practice 10 travel together
upon trans -Atiautic steamships: one
was good looking, lively and free In her
ways, aud the other quiet plain looking
ana religious Their practice Is for the
attractive 's.ater' (they represent them.
selves as 'ststfrsj 10 make UP with somr
nan OF wealth, and secure by invita-
sion compromising situation. Eater
tho good sister and she becomes hys-
terical. To make peace with tho pair.
he millionaire settles These girls have
made fortune q, their little game,
which may have been planned by a
masculine mind, but In which on the sur
face no man has ever appeared"
The detective, who has only recently
returned from a four months tour OF
Europe, said the stage had been set In
London, Paris and Berlin for the black
mailing OF expected Americans Of wealth
lie told ~ bow the corridors OF the
smart hotels abroad wer. being cru.sed
| by beautiful women, seeking the acquain-
| tance Of these rich men, and that In
elaborate apartments. ready and wait
Ing We're Photographic apparatus ar
ranged behind curtains with dashight
dht'ith1fltitS- anu these puDloET3pHS
when taken" he said, "aro sold back 10
the victim az works of art" "
I Mr.. Dau.herty continued:
would like TO warn American ma
! irons against taking into their homes
and confidence very Iisht~coEored men
! posing as South Americans and Cnbans,
whom they are likely to meet ut cab
are's. An instance Of that sort Of black
mailing work came to my attention only
4 last week The 'cashing in Is done by
white female confederate who calls
around and reveals the supposed dark
complcxioned white man az Il negro. Con
frpnted with this woman, the very light
calorod man, acting his role, breaks down
I and confesseS he Is not white, adding
\ This IL a dangerous woman, and we
must silence her, and thus the first
! blackmail IS paid. 1t Is astounding what
man and a woman Will put into n letter
| when under the influence Of what they
think Is extraordinary love. They write
things, and give costly tokens that they
would not think Of doing under ordinary
circumstances
One OF the most prolific operating
areas for blackmalling bands are the
motion picture houses. The victim Is
escorted there by some woman he has
her when In reality she has picked him.
knows all about him, where he comes
from, his business and what he is worth
Blissfully ignorant Of this, the poor
victim is escorted to picture house
and seated alongside accompices usually
man and woman posing a. husband
and wife. The girl makes violent love
to him during the darkness of the theater
and when all are out In the street again
the husband approaches with the claim
that his wife has been insulted. Tho
girl hangs her head and the man usually
pays up. In New York we have LAWYERS
VINO have started legal action based upon
such a frame up, and backmail was
paid over to have them dropped. Tai
lors unconsciousiy help blackmaiiers by
putting the names of their customers in
side coat pockets"
Mr.. Daughcrty said It has been es-
tablished that blackmailing gangs sue
cessfully used the Mann act and shad-
owed couples from one State to an
other. He told OF recent instance
where 100000 WAS collected upon
threat being made to notify Federal
authorities. We called his attention to
the exposure Of the "blackmail ring" in
Boston, half OF which has not been pub
lished i'll the newspapers but he re-
piled, II am talking of this town-New
York"
when I was che head OF the detective
bureau at police headquarters" he said,
II learned much of the work of black
mailers in the Italian colony. In nine
out Of ten cases there the source Of
the knowledge leading up to the threat
Of kidnapping Of child or the bombing
of store. was back In Italy, at some
small town where the victims and at
least one Of the blackmailers was raised.
Jealousy of the success made by the
victim In the new country was at the
bottom Of the demands for money.
Thieves, forgers and receivers of sto-
len property are always engaged in
blackmaillng each other, and most Of
the murders Of the criminal world have
origin in some etispute over Ill gotten
spails"