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Dashing Women Run Love Syndicate in New York
A trio of socialites led a matrimonial scam in New York drawing in about 100 victims including Wall Street financiers. Mrs Itella Brown and Mrs George Verrault orchestrated letters and staged rooms to lure men, with Robert Emmet Keene aiding as a butler and adviser. The scheme allegedly netted over $100,000 before police action ended it.
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New York
Robert Emmet Keene
Court of Love
Itella Brown
George T. Verrault
James V. MacClellan
Philadelphia
West Seventy-third Street
Love Syndicate
Keene
MacClellan
Verrault
United States District Attorney
Combine
Dupes
Wall Street
Love Trust
Brown
Mrs. Brown
Milady
Mary Mason
The
Love Enterprise
Mrs. Verrault
Proctor’s
Miss Mason
Love
Gregory Allen
Kentucky Fuel and Alcohol Company
William D. Angell
Chicago
Kiesler
Keen
F. J. Syme
West Eighty-second Street
Roelert Emmet Keene
House of Love
Count Zolinoff
Fifth Avenue Delicatasien
Mrs. Ver
McClellan
Mrs. Verault