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Show t 13th Collection On "Deaths" Unlucky SHEFFIELD, England (American (Ameri-can Wire Mrs. Elsie Ludlam is in jail here, firmly convinced that 13 is her unlucky number. Twelve times, police declare, she reported relatives dead, and collected insurance on them. By some curious oversight, the insurance insur-ance companies did not check on them ' but when Mrs. Ludlam came in last week to try to collect col-lect on a 13th relative an uncle it was too much, and an investigation investi-gation was started revealmg that all the other 12 are hale and hearty! Furthermore, it was discovered that Mrs. Ludlam, in her get-rich-quick scheme, had taken out insurance on a total of 41 relatives. rela-tives. ' . Today, ' she 'is" starting a six months' jail term following her plea of guilty of forging the death certificate for her unlucky 13th relative. |