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Show "MOVIES" ARE USED TO DEFRAUD PUBLIC New Mothod of Trapping tho Unwary Discovered; Several Ar-, Ar-, rests Made. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 4. An alleged land fraud, which, according to post-office post-office inspectors, was conducted in several sev-eral states through the medium of moving mov-ing picture shows and tho United States mails, led to the arrest hero todav of W. B. Emrich nnd N. H. Spitzer of Louisville, ICy. Tho two woro arraigned ar-raigned before a United Stales com-cis.sioner com-cis.sioner ou a chargo of misuse of the mails. According to the federal charge tickets were distributed among the spectators at picture shows and the announcement made that tho holders of "lucky" numbers would bo given a deed to" a lot iu Cuonioville, Sonoma county, California. It is alleged that tlio '"lucky" ones woro then required to pav mofo for the "filing of pnpors" than "tho lots were worth. DECATUR, Til., Doc. 4. -Walker E. Harvey aud Jack Grace, representing a realty and development company oi' Chicago, were arrested hero today for celling lots in "Florida through tho distribution dis-tribution of "lurky" tickets at a moving picture theater. |