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El Dorado Daily News
El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas
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In Chicago, a warrant was issued for Marquis E. De Janelli, widow of an Italian ambassador, accused of attempted extortion by grocery clerk Harold Brennan, who sued her for $1M in slander after a jewel theft accusation.
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Widow of Italian Nobleman, Sued
by Grocery Clerk for Million
Dollars Faces Arrest.
CHICAGO. Aug. 17.-(AP)-The
Marquis E. De Janelli, formerly Miss
Adelaide Rees, of New York, and
widow of a former Italian ambassador
to Japan, was accused of attempted
extortion in a warrant sworn out
today by Harold Brennan, the $25
a week grocery clerk, who sued her
for $1,000,000 a few days ago.
At her hotel, it was said that she
had left the city and is believed to
have gone to New York or Havana.
Brennan said that after a party
on the night of August 8, when he
and the marquis had dined together,
she accused him of stealing jewels
valued at $1,000. He at first denied
the charge, he said, but after she
had threatened him with arrest, he
signed a contract agreeing to pay
for the loss at the rate of ten dollars
a week. Then he filed suit for a
million dollars for slander, and today
obtained the warrant charging
extortion.
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Chicago
Event Date
Aug. 17
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warrant sworn out for attempted extortion; marquis believed to have left chicago for new york or havana.
Event Details
Harold Brennan, a $25 a week grocery clerk, sued Marquis E. De Janelli for $1,000,000 for slander after she accused him of stealing $1,000 worth of jewels following a dinner on August 8, leading him to sign a contract to pay $10 a week; Brennan then obtained a warrant charging her with attempted extortion.