Ladies of Chance

NOVEMBER 14TH, 1936

MIAMI, FLORIDA

Striking with lightning-like speed, local police last night descended upon the ultra-exclusive gambling salon at 8383 Weston Avenue and amid scenes of unparalleled confusion arrested scores of feminine devotees of Lady Luck.

Striking at a prearranged signal and without warning, squads of police battered their way through supposedly impregnable doors of the infamous resort which has long been a festering blot on the bosom of our community.

Indescribable chaos greeted the intruders. Society matrons rubbed elbows with the demimonde in a mad scramble for the exits where they were led, protesting and weeping to patrol wagons and transported to the city jail where they were booked as material witnesses.

See Page three for names and addresses of those arrested in last night’s raid.

Last night’s raid was the culmination of months of exhaustive investigation by a BUGLE reporter whose copious data concerning the nefarious activities of the vice ring will be placed before the grand jury after appearing exclusively in the BUGLE as a day-today feature presentation.

More important than the raid in far-reaching consequences is the capture of the two female ringleaders of this sordid syndicate which has been preying upon the women of Miami for months. The capture of these two women was solely the work of the BUGLE’S intrepid reporter without whose aid the raid would have been an inglorious fizzle.

The identity of the two women is shrouded in some mystery, although one of them is known as Sandra and the full transcript of the confession extracted from her by the BUGLE reporter will be found on page two exactly as it was taken down from the dictograph by a court reporter in the presence of witnesses.

The second prisoner may be described as the “mystery woman” in the case. As we go to press, her exact status in the affairs of the syndicate is undetermined. She has consistently refused to make any statement except that she is known as “Cherry” and that a full explanation will be forthcoming in good time.

It is indeed a distressing commentary...

NOVEMBER 14TH, 1936

MIAMI, FLORIDA

Readers of an early edition of a local newspaper will be amused to learn that one of the two alleged ringleaders of the gambling syndicate has been released by the local authorities with an official apology after presenting her credentials as an authorized representative of the TIMES in its ceaseless and devoted efforts for the upbuilding of the city.

Orchids to Cherry Malone!

Posing as a weak woman whose crave for gambling had led her into indiscretions, this courageous girl walked boldly into clutches of the gambling syndicate several weeks ago and has played a lone hand in the dangerous game of ferreting out their secrets until a rival newspaperman was so duped by the consummate skill she displayed in playing her role that he took it upon himself to have her arrested as a ringleader in the syndicate and thrown into jail with the true leader.

A newspaperwoman to the very core of her being, Cherry Malone seized upon this opportunity to obtain an exclusive interview with the infamous Sandra with whom she was incarcerated, obtaining damaging admissions from the woman which will be exclusive features in the TIMES as the sordid details of Cherry’s first-hand experiences among the gambling clique are unfolded in an enthralling day-by-day story which no right-thinking citizen of Miami can afford to ignore.

As ever before, the TIMES leads in...