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Show BLACKMAIL 1 IS CHARGED i l Roscwatcr Says He Was Victim ofWomanWlior": Trapped Him. : I 'y'A OMAHA. Neb, May 52.-Morrla Algoi, f the young man who was arraigned la Pe lice court here on a charge of blackmail preferred by Edward JtosewsteT. editor f the Omaha Bee, and who has "filed in. V ' -County court criminal actions against. . V Mr. Hose water and Chief of Police Doha- " t. hue. charging Mr. Rosewater with having i Improper relations with his wife, and blackmail, earns here a month ago fries ' . Jackson, Mich. In response to an fa- . t qulry. John Boyle. Chief of Police of - f Jackson, wired Chief Donahue that what . ho knew of the Algoes In Jackson was not to their credit. ... . " Aigoe charge that on returning to his '. house ho found the door to his room I . 4 I locked and on demanding and gaining admittance ad-mittance found Rosewater and Mrs. Al- 1 goe alone, with the blinds drawn. . . - k Rosewater declares that he went to Mrs. p Algoe's room by appointment with her to ' close a deal involving the rental of space In 4he Bee building fcr a cigar stand, and , - - ' that he later discovered that he had been , betrayed into a trap set for him by a pair , t of blackmailers. Algoe. he testified to- j day. compelled him under threats and by . Intimidation to take him to a bank and pay to him $23) and to promise to pay him . 11300 more. It was when Algoe wss In Roeewater's office to demand payment of i ' this money that he was arrested by Chief f Donahue, who was secreted in the room. t and heard Algoe make the demand, - -t The excitement has created intense ex-; f cltment here, and the courtroom . was f f-crowded f-crowded during the trial of Algoe's case j f : today. The trial will be continued to-, , - morrow. The criminal cases against.) . I Rosewater and Donahue will come up I ' i for trial May XI. . " - . ' I |