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Show WOMAN MAY BE DISGUISED AS A MAN Through the leaking out of information infor-mation that tho letters received by Mrs. Ralph Bristol and Mrs. Thomas D Dee have been photographed, tho rumor has spread that federal secret service men have been called Into the blackmailing case where two bandits ban-dits secured $1000. This rumor has secured a strong hold, although Deputy Sheriff Thomas Thom-as De Vine stated today that the federal officers had rcfusea to handle han-dle the case as the time for them to be culled in the matter has passed. pass-ed. Because the lettors sent for tho purpose pur-pose of blackmail wero mailed, there is the possibility that postorrico inspectors in-spectors may go to work on the case, as the sending of 'such matter through the mails constitutes a violation of the law. Assistant Postmaster Rufus Garner slated this morning that it Is customary cus-tomary in such cases for the matter to be presented to the postmaster and that he in turn presents it to the Inspectors. In-spectors. He stated that he had heard nothing of any postofflco authorities bolng called into the case. Practically nothing new has developed devel-oped In the case The por.ee state that they have nothing to work on. and It the men under Sheriff- Harrison Harri-son have found any tangible evidenco they have refused to give out any Information In-formation concerning the same. Although nearly three uays have olapsed since the money was handed hand-ed over, tho robbery Is still tho subject sub-ject of most conversation, and several people have expressed their opinions that they know who the perpetrators of tho act are Through a slight resemblance of the handwriting to that of a woman, wom-an, the opinion is ventured that tho short man in the case is a woman disguised dis-guised as a man and that she is probably prob-ably the wife of the tall man |