May Dugas de Pallandt van Eerde
American blackmailer, extortionist (1869–1937) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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May Dugas de Pallandt van Eerde (23 May 1869 – 10 March 1937) is reputed to have earned an estimated $2 million from blackmail schemes and various business ventures during her life.[1] She was sued by long-time friend Frank Gray Shaver for extortion[2][3][4][5] and pursued by Pinkerton detectives for numerous blackmail, defrauding, and extortion incidents.[1]
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Born | May Dugas 23 May 1869 (1869-05-23) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | 10 March 1937 (1937-03-11) (aged 67) New York City, U.S. |
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Spouse | Rudolph de Pallandt van Eerde |
The Pinkerton detective who hunted Dugas across three continents told the story of her blackmail and extortion cons to Lloyd Wendt, reporter for the Chicago Daily Tribune in the 1940s. Wendt published that report in a series of Tribune articles running from late 1946 to early 1947.[1] Dugas herself did not leave any written record of her life.