National Affairs: CORRUPTION

A father entrusts his business to the direction of a son whom he has trained to follow in his footsteps. A rich, notorious, client places a—to say the least—large order. Father and Son live in the same neighborhood, on friendly terms. Is it likely that Father, however inactive in the business, will remain totally ignorant of the Son's large order during several weeks when Son is executing it?

In the trial of Father William J. Burns, the great detective, and Son W. Sherman Burns, ignorance of the son's actions was the father's plea. Their detectives had been hired by Oilman Harry Ford...

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