Swindling by Telephone single work   short story   crime  
Issue Details: First known date: 1889... 1889 Swindling by Telephone
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In the early days of the telephone, a trade speculator is robbed of £500 by a telephone threat to murder his wife and burn his home if the money was not immediately given to an accomplice ... (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 24 no. 291 August 1889 Z1081394 1889 periodical issue 1889 pg. 683-684
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