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Show NEW EXTORTION & H METHOD ADOPTED: Chicago, Oct 20. A letter. jH the contents of which may reveal ' M a new and deadly method of H extortion, or may prove only H a hoax, was investigated today H by the postal inspectors and the ' ' t M police. The epistle was received H by Frederick M. Steele, a mil- H lionaire manufacturer. H The letter, the sender wrote,' H wa filled with deadly germs, ' H from which the handler could , rH not avoid contracting a deadly ' , H diuease, for which only the'' j H sender knew the cure. y H "It is already too late for you H to escape inoculation," the let- , H ter continued. Mr. Steele said ' the writer demanded that $1500 H be placed at tho foot of the H Logan monument in Grant park . and that the cure would be . mailed. A physician will make H daily examination of Mr. Steele's condition. H |