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...Chief of Police Craconescu confessed that his amazing success in solving a long series of crime mysteries is due to the fact that his agents committed the crimes. Notably they robbed U. S. Fiscal Expert Charles S. Dewey of $2,000 (TIME, May 19, 1930), an exploit which enabled Chief Craconescu to win a medal for his efficiency in recovering the stolen property. Last month he won by the same means a $4,000 reward for the arrest of one Barbale Nagoita, famed crook. Crook Nagoita promptly escaped from prison. Rumanian detectives received a secret tip, searched the house...
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