New Britain herald., 1930-01-14
WOMAN WINSF FIGHT
 ID REMAIN IN US.
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 Only a few residents of New Brit ain knew of the deception and Mrs. Pera. who is now about 70 years Of age, was happy in her new sur roundings, as were her daughter and friends with whom she became acquainted. Her old age was well provided for, she thought, and the horrors of conditions in Persia. with its massacres and unrest. were but memories which she could dispel with thought, never to worry about again.
 Paid Man for silence
 If she ever feared that her good forum" was too good 10 b" true, she reasoned correctly. for not situation was friendly George EV ans Of IS Talcott street globe trot- ter, adventurer, and former British army officer, knew that the govern ment would not pass by informal ton Of an Illegal entry without talk ing action. and he needed money Rlackmail was in his heart and he made good use Of his information, "bleeding" tho womans family for S50 in one instance and going back for more a short time later.
 Mrs pera's family could not go on indefinitely paying for the priv ilcge Of having her in their midst, and when Evans repeated his de mands for money, they cd pplained about him to the police an he was arrested on December 10, r. His strange actions in the cell ht the police station prompted the a authori- ties to submit him to an examina- tion. with the cresult that he was pronounced subject for treatment tion, with the result that he was committed 10 the state hospital at Norwich. The blackmail charge was not pressed in view of the commit ment.
 NOman Is Arrested
 The damage was done. however. and in short time the federal inn migration authorities were on Mrs. Pera's trail and the conditions un- der which she entered the country were disclosed A hearing was held in Attorney Cyril F. Gaffney's of flee. before Inspector Clark, and al though the sympathy of all who learned the facts went out to the aged woman. there was a duty o be performed and deportation was or dcrcd.
 Attorney Gaffney bent every effort towards keeping the woman in the United States and it seemed for a time that he might be successful. for age was taking it's toll and Mrs. Pera. in the opinion Of a local phy- siCian. was physically unable 10 make the trip back to Persia gov cInment examiner thought other wise, however, and other means were sought 10 accomplish an eX- tension of the time given her. in the hope that her daughter would be- come citizen and then Mrs. Pera could be admitted under the law. It would have been necessary, how ever, for the aged woman to leavs the country under deportation or derS. and return later, but her fam lilN feared that the ordeal would be more than she would endure and they wanted her to stay if such an arrangement could possibly be made.
 Direct Appeal to Davis
 The law firm of WiXon &, Booth Of Washington D. C.. was retaincI l in Mrs. Pera's interests and every step known to them was taken until Secretary of Labor James J. Davis was appealed to as q last resort. All along the line Mrs. Pera's plight excited the greatest sympathy, but her attorneys could not gainsay tic fact that the violation was delibera.e e and Secretary Davis refused to con- done it. Out of a clear sky came the disagreement in Washington an l l the closing of the case was the out ! come. It came to Mrs Pera. Attor- l hey Gaffney and others concerned l iEt the case, with as much sudden | ness as Evans blackmail. and the ! joy it has brought is as overwhelm 1 ing to the Pera and Yonan families as was the sadness that attended the 1 discovery of the violation.
 Evans, a short time after being committed to the hospital made his | escape and so far as is known has l never been caught. His wife and | children remained in New Brtair for some time, but the police learn ed that they left the city to jo,f Evans in New York. The childr~r wore in q local institution and Mrs Evans is said 10 have taken then against the wishes of the officials O. i that place.
 Lawyers Accept No Fec That the attorneys in the ca, We're primarily interested in kecpi"l Mrs. Pera with her family WI. shown several times during the pro Srcss of the fight when they call ,t on their clients for nothing mor, than actual expense money. n, | Washington attorneys. although th'l have handled hundreds of deportl, ton cases, stated in one piece 9 correspondence that the charge fo ] their services ordinarily would D. greatly in excess of certain figure 1 O. expense money mentioned, bu their sympathy for the aged wom ai was such that they would feel ampl, compensated by the satisfaction q keeping her with her loved ones ]. they could possibly do SO
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