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Show Mrs. Elias Placed . Under Arrest Dotectlves Batter Down Doors of Residence Res-idence of Negro Woman and Servo Warrant. NEW YORK, June 7. Detectives tonight to-night battered down the heavy front door at tho residence in this city of Mrs. Hannah Ellas, the negro woman who Is charged with obtaining ob-taining nearly 700,000 from aged John ,R. Plait by blackmail. Thfly .then placed her under arrest on a. warrant charging her with extortion In having secured ?7600 from Piatt in May last. Mrs. Ellas was in bed (when tho warrant war-rant was served. Immediately afterward after-ward the papers in the civil action brought against her by Mr. Piatt were served. |