Show I Used Women in Mulcting t Fa f Easy Rich RicI Gang of Alleged Society Blackmailers Taken in Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Had Many l Vict Victims Sept 17 Ei Eight Eight ht members member C CHICAG W of ot an alleged blackmail mall gang gani charged charge with using the beauty o of th their lr women members and the fascinating p powers of ot their male confederates ti to lo mul mulct t wealthy then men and w women out o of or mor monO than are T In custody o of authorities here e. e today and md willbe will Il Ilbe be bo tl k Jl to Philadelphia for lor trial trial The hand band five thc m men tt ani and three women wa was arrested shortly beI before be before be- be fore Core midnight last lat night in a raid b by department of oC justice officials on un a fashionable south side apartment lintel hotel The fh women according to the authorities tlc ties are nrc young and beautiful The The- men met and ot of calculated calculated cal eal- aro are well ell groomed s a type trpe ted to lo Impress society women The They are accused ed of tle fleecing mn m men n nantI and antI women o of social prominence In is o Baltimore New York and nd Philadelphia Philadelphia through organized efforts Their scheme h mc nc ordine to Hinton lila Hin- ton G G. G Clabaugh of the department of or justice was to compromise their V tlc tlc- Ic- Ic and then blackmail them Impersonation Im Im- of ot department of or justice Justic officials Is another charge against the men Inn Th They y are s said ill to ha have used sell th the charms of their women con confederates tes to win attention froTh Crom ri rich h men and amid then to have threatened their victims wIth ith prosecution under the Mann tann act Jho Those e arrested gave e the mimes oCI of oC I li J d ard D Helen Mrs tIrs Irs Frances Allen Alien Mrs Jr ld- ld ward wald Do DonAhue J James imes Christian Frank Franl Crocker and md George Bland Geor George e Ir- Ir win wm alleged ell director of ur the group roup is lis is still sUH at al large lare charge against the a Th lh The principal band Is he al alleged ki of or Mrs ne Regina ina If IL 0 olt of Philadelphia one of or their alleg alleged d victims and wanted want want- ed od as a government witness She Sho was as spirited away ciway to Canada it is charged I Ial nt al Lt th the time she was wa wanted to testify against the band The chief offenses ch charged against the he band occurred In Philadelphia andor and for roi or that nt rea reason on they will be taken takeji there therl for Cor or trial s said ald Clabaugh toda today saId sad there were ero fifteen known flown victims of the pang gang and th that t the he amount obtained from th these se victims vic sic tims will reach ch probably Fort Forty orty thousand dollars r was obtained from one ono victim and from an another anther an- an n- n other ther Clab Clabaugh u li said Authorities refused to lo reveal time the names names' of or the iho victims Some it wa was vas said aid are men prominent in political life liCe who were victimized d while nt at the time Republican convention here hero last Jun June Durn During the maid laid which had been weeks an nn carefully planned for many elaborate opium outfit was found In 10 inne one ne of oC th the ap apartments raided There are arc at ut least le sixty sixty members member of or orthe the he syndicate according to tho the federal federal fed fed- eral ml officials third one-third of oC whom arc are women Others than the eight now under uner un under un- un der er arlest as tho the result of or the raid aid Saturday Sat Sat- urla night are expected to be in iii custody cus cus- tody tOlly soon Ont Only three victims of the swindlers in the tIle entire United States Mr Ir in Clabaugh said had bad declared themselves them them- selves eles willing to face Cace publicity and testify tes leS- tes- tes a against the criminals Ono One of or orth th these hese se ho he said is 18 Mrs Clifford of ot Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia Another is 18 Mrs Ir J J. J Bolton of oC Philadelphia whose whoso son BOU BOUIs sonI Is 15 I said sal to tu have ha been threatened with blackmail |