“Seized When He Sought Parcel,” Kingston Whig-Standard. February 18, 1933. Page 1.
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Extortion Case at Montreal — Threat Was Made to Kill Girl
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MONTREAL, Feb. 18— Because A. J. Dugal, prominent Montreal businessman, did not hesitate to take to police an extortion letter demanding $10,000 failing which he and his daughter would be killed, Jean B. Daigle was in police cells today.
Daigle was arrested when he approached Dougal's car last night. A police detective was seated inside, waiting to see who would keep an appointment made in the letter which stated that the man who approached the car would be an innocent aide to three “Chicago Bandits, Harry Hack and Lucien."
As the tall, slim man drew near and demanded the parcel into which the money was supposed to have been wrapped, he was seized by police. Daigle stated he had been beaten by three men and ordered to get the package. He denied all knowledge of the death threats in the letter. Police later announced they had found writing paper of the same color and texture as that of the extortion letter In Daigle’s room.