Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-08-12 | Page 2 | Blackmailing Scheme Frustrated by Police

BLACKMAILING SCHEME ' Sj FRUSTRATED BY POLICE S, CHICAGO, Aug. 11 Mrs. A. M. fe Billings, mother of C K. G. Billings, &JT tho millionaire gas magnate and 'jj horseman, was the intended victim of ,ift a blackmailing scheme, or possibly of a hoax Inspired by tho Mareno case. f ft which was frustrated today by the j'fcfc arrest of John Mills, a negro. fjj! Last night Mrs. BlllingB received a H letter, which she turned over to pri- ..H ate detectives. Instructing her on fl pain of death to give $500 to a man J who would cajl today and ask her for Jr work. I When Mills appeared and asked for emplovmont he was arrested. He de- JIf nlod any guilt. He said he arrived JW here from Cairo. 111., last night, and jfll was asked by a stranger at the depot mm if he wanted to earn 550. The man ' gave him the Instructions which, he ; P says, ho carried out today, i J"