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EIGHT PAGESIRENE KITE, FOUR MEN ARE HELD 1 EXTORTION CHARGEWilliam McNeil; 64-Year-Old Alton Postal Clerk, Says Ha Paid $300 After Incident atHotel.BORROWED MONEY AT BANK FOR PAYMENTFederal Employe Due for Re* tirement Shortly Was Lead to Believe One of Men Wat Government Agent.Mrs. Irene Kite, Alton's woman slot machine smasher who gained national publicity In recent weeks after breaking up mechanical gambling devices, was being held at the county jail Tuesday on charges of conspiracy to extort by threats. On the sam# warrant her husband Dante Kite, Earl Plumb and William Williams are held on similar charges. They were arrested on complaint of William McNeil. 64-year-old Alton postal clerk.Kite, Plumb and Williams are also held on charges of crime against nature with McNeil as the victim. In another warrant, Norman Hall Is held on charges of extortion by threats.Under the law crime against nature is punishable by an indeterminate term In the Illinois State Penitentiary. The extortion charges are punishableby jail terms and fines.Arrest of the five defendants began as early as last Saturday night but authorities did not issue warrants until Tuesday. Plumb made a confession as early as Sunday but authorities withheld the charges until they obtained further information befora ordering, the arrest of the others whe were charged by McNeil and implicated by Plumb in his confession.State’s Attorney M. L. Geers referred to the case as “the unspeakabl*
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Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edwardsville, Illinois, US
Tue, Mar 08, 1938
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