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Payell payoffs and police bribery in Baltimore and Charleston
The piece covers a bridge hand analysis with South declaring a tricky game and a separate Baltimore bribery case where Nathan Blake testifies that Patrolman Charles Sitton, Baker, and Vernon J Thompson demanded $100 and whisky to avoid pressing a minor charge. It also notes Gov Varland appointing John T Johnson as West Virginia BCU Commissioner to fill a four year term after Me Laughlin's death.
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Baltimore
Dew
Lavern
Nathan Blake
Blake
iWente Heid
Charles Baker
Charles Sitton Fried
Vernon J .Thompson
Blaker
Baker
Farver
Charleston
John T Johnson
Willamstrown
Millam C Varland
West Virginia
BCU
Hie
Tame
Laughlin
Johnson