Erna Buttner arrested for extorting Frances Salimbene
- Title of event
- Erna Buttner arrested for extorting Frances Salimbene
- Type of event
- Extortion
- Address of event
- Erna Buttner arrested for extorting Frances Salimbene Happened Primarily at 353, E 124th St
- Report on event
- Erna Buttner arrested for extorting Frances Salimbene Main report referencing event Frances Salimbene against Erna Buttner
- Start date / time
- March 28, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Unknown
- Description
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The defendant [Buttner], on several occasions prior to her arrest, threatened to accuse the deponent [Salimbene, a midwife] of having committed an abortion unless she paid her the sum of $175. The deponent notified the police and made arrangements with the defendant to pay her the said sum of money. After paying the defendant in marked bills at her East 124th Street apartment, a police officer showed up at the premises and arrested the defendant for extortion.
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The defendant [Buttner], on several occasions prior to her arrest, threatened to accuse the deponent [Salimbene, a midwife] of having committed an abortion unless she paid her the sum of $175. The deponent notified the police and made arrangements with the defendant to pay her the said sum of money. After paying the defendant in marked bills at her East 124th Street apartment, a police officer showed up at the premises and arrested the defendant for extortion.