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Diplomat In Drug Traffic ALHAMBRA
Gang Scandal Fight For
SOCIETY WOMEN ALSO
INVOLVED
At least two figures well known in the diplomatic world and two women moving in exclusive society in Lon- don and Paris are implicated in an affair of traffic in drugs' that is engaging the attention of the Paris surete, Scot- land Yard and the Swiss police.
Not since illegal traffic in drugs became an international pro- blem has there been anything comparable in magnitude to this! scandal which has become public following the arrest in Switzer- Innd, at the instance of the French police, of a diplomat attached) to a Central European Power.
The charge against this man la that in collusion with others he made use of his diplomatic privileges to circulate in France, Britain, Germany and practically every other European country tons of heroln und other bmmed drugs.
Police, who have been investigating the affair for at least ten years. say they are astounded at the volume of the frame. "Tons and tons does not exaggerate the volume any more than millions exaggerates the value of the traffic," It is stated,
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Elisha Huson Waterman,. estranged son of Frank O. Waterman, 'millionaire foun-.. tain-pen. magnate who has just died. has started a legal battle for the lion's share of the Waternian fortune.
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For fifteen years Elisha had a bitter feud with his family. He left home because his father objected to his mar- riage with a beautiful Canadian girl, Evelyn Audrey Allen,
The feud reached its peak when Mrs. Waterman Junior whipped her rich father-in-law in the lobby of his office building because, she clalm- ed, he was withholding his son's† £240 bank account while she and her child were in need,
£1,000,000 WILL
The suggestion that "guest" sheep station be established. in Aus- The gang has been concerned in tralia for English visitors, which was
The "outlawed" son cite the will made by the London manager of the nt least two murders, it is said.
Lewis
Edson Australian National Travel Associn-of his great-uncle, LONDON FACTORY
lion Mr. Fenton, is not favoured by Waterman, inventor of the Waterman a prominent pen, which was admitted to probate Another diplomat is involved, and Mr. W. G. Hawkes,
of of the executive the in New York in May 1901. the police are also searching for two member
Australian Stock Owners' other suspects, one being a French-South man, who vanished from Paris three Association. years ago after a mysterious explo-) slon in the drug factory he had established in the city.
"We cannot afford to indulge in fantasies 45 guest sheep such station for English visitors," said Mr. Hawkes, who added that visits to sheep stations could easily be arrang- the Tourist Burenu. through ed
French police are also, asking for the help of Scotland Yard in tracing
woman belleved to be in London | Overscas people would be welcomed at the present time.
by station owners, who could not," Unmasking of the affair is due however, spare the time to net as
hosts, mainly to the elaborate investigation
of the drug traffic undertaken by the League of Nations.
French police say that since the explosion in Paris the factory has
fo heen transferred London, and special officers of the Surele are being sent to assist in locating it.
HUNDREDS OF AGENTS
It is alleged that the Parks factory was curried on in the name of two Englishmen domiciled in Canada and In the business having
premises United States.
addition
In
to
the diplomatie agents, who had exceptional facilities for transporting drugs, the gang is sald to have employed hundreds of
London, selling agents In
Parls, Brussels, New York and other large
cition.
The two men belleved to have been killed by the gang are former associates who may have given information to the police.
Men and women of distinction in chemistry are said to have applied their talents to the production of drugs on a large scale.
OLD JANE IS DEAD
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ALD JANE is dead, after 064 years in the service of one family. She was 04.
Although she was always "Old Jane" to the six children of the late Mr. T. H. Cocke, of Hampstead, to whom she was nurse, her real name was Miss Mary Pritchard.
Years ago Old Jane received an offer of marriage. She accepted and n dute was fixed,
Her trousseau was all ready, bul at the last moment she could not bring herself to leave "her children." So her wedding plans were can- celled and she remained to see her charges grow from childhood, marry and go out into the world.
STOP PRESS
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The wit left £1,000,000 to Frank Waterman but added, "I further wish to direct
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Elisha Iluson Waterman survives his father. Frank D. Watermam he shall, after the death of his father, receive the share of the Income to which Frank D. Water- man would have been entitled If he had lived."
Elisha said: "It is quite clear my grent-uncle meant me to be the ultimale heir.
"My father used to say to me: I'll outlive you," but instead 1, at thirty- nine, have outlived him."
The history of the family feud has been marked with tragedy.
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