Show men masquerading as women LONDON oct 23 special in the arrest of a nest of german adventurers adventure ra one of whom at least is an ex convict the police have unearthed a new and most moat dangerous form of blackmailing but which it is believed has been nip ped in the bud almost at its inception the tha gang gan consists of four young toung men of decidedly effe effeminate appears appearance nea possessing good looks to boot boat always dressed in female bicycle attire their appearance was so deceptive that even the police were until their prisoners had been put in the sweatbox sweat box and searching room the modus operandi op eranda of the gang gan which bad quarters in three different parts barisof of london was to advertise itse itself if as a firm of lady tailors and to sand through the mails samples of cloth for the manufacture of suits ridiculously low prices their circulars oleo also setting forth that upon request a member of the firm would wait upon the would be customer at their residence where alu I bait ait took look ad a d rue one or another ot the gang was admitted to a teto tete a tete with the would be customer cua tomer for the purpose of taking tabing measurements be studied his victims characteristics te and where he be found one tweak and easily frightened at the possibilities of being placed in a compromising pa position he revealed his sex and de mandod blackmail under penalty of compromising their character I 1 iv is asid that the tha gang has been sue carrying on these operations I 1 lor for several months finally one of their victims made an anonymous corn com muni cation to scotland yard which resulted in the descent upon and capture of the sang eang they have bare been committed for trial at the next term of the criminal court and meanwhile the police are looking up their records in germany |