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Show Driven to Death by Attempted Black-mall. Black-mall. Chicago. J. Edwin Stein, the supposed sup-posed victim of alleged blackmailers, who wero arrested on Wednesday, committed suicide in a room nt a prominent south side hotel. The de-censed de-censed was 23 years of age and a son of David A. Stein of the wholesalo clothing Arm of Kderhelmor, Stein & company. The men arrested in the alleged al-leged blackmailing plot were Charles Cerhaum, Jacob Marooney nnd Joseph Itanklu. Their plan, according to Ma-rooney's Ma-rooney's story to the police, wns "to gather Information" about young Sto'n, and then to demand $50,000 of the, young man's father on pain of having scandalous storieR spread. Young, Stein's suicide camo as nn unexpected unexpect-ed and tragic sequel to tho arrests. |