Medicine: $500,000 Mill

It was no secret to the police that an efficient "abortion mill" was operating somewhere in New York City. Cops and detectives had worked for five weeks, tapping wires, spying through binoculars, loafing around in disguise, before they could put the finger on an apartment house in The Bronx. Some fine undercover work was done during the American Legion Convention by a policeman and a policewoman disguised as a Kansas Legionnaire and his wife.

Old Acquaintance. Before making their raid, the police and Assistant District Attorney Francis Xavier O'Brien waited until they were sure that the illegal operations were well underway. One...

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