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Pair Held in Paris Claim Capone Link;ntlChicago Gang “Who*8 Who Omits Them\\Paris, July 9.—Two men, said him as Victor Lustig, said to haveto be international gangsters con- been convicted a dozen times in (nected with “3carface All Ca- the United States and Europe. (pone's band in Chicago, were ar- When they learned that Me-rested here last week. One is de- Sherry and Lustig were about *oscribed as Victor Lustig, a Cana- leave Paris by airplane for Praguedian citizen of Czechoslovag ori- detectives raided their hotelroomstSherry of Philadelphia. ; They seized a large number of tThe French police first became documents, which they say in-Vinterested in McSherry several; eluded forged passports and tweeks ago, when his lavish expen-j identity cards bearing photo- cditures in Montmartre night-life graphs of the two men under sev- resortsdifferent names, letters ofS —IThey shadowed him to a credit upon several American tluxurious«iIl'Btolle, but for some weeks they ous securities and even what is|tunable to obtain any evt- believed to bn. a counterfeiting;dbnce against him .except bis osioutlay of money. A Lustig Is said to have admitted lt;short time ago, howeverhaveSherry was Joined by a cerrtain knowledged having been assoc tatRobert Miller, Just .arrived at ed with Capone in Chicago. HeiICherbourg from a 'transatlantic told police, they assert, that be ti1 liner. Miller frsd a large scar found It difficult to dispose! across hit forehead, and till false stocks (n Paris and thatiiVrench police, on consulting their they had planned to go to PragueRogues' Gallery, soon identified to make a “clean-up.
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Tipton Daily Tribune
Tipton, Indiana, US
Tue, Jul 09, 1929
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