Word: karp
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...turn notified one of the syndicate's bondsmen. The madam had to put up half the girl's bail, usually $300 to $500, did not get it back if the girl was acquitted. Arrested girls were taken to the ring's lawyer, a disbarred attorney named Karp, coached in an alibi. Eight out of ten appeared in court, were freed on their stories. Those who seemed sure to be convicted were told to "take it on the lam" (disappear temporarily) and their bail was forfeited. "We have identified," cried Prosecutor Dewey, "some 170-odd arrests for prostitution...
...Karps' Carp. One Sol Karp and other minority stockholders of Pathe Exchange, Inc., last week sought to block Pathé's merger with Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp. (TIME, Dec. 15), charging insufficient consideration from...