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499 Wilde Nights and Robber Barons (with Laura Lee)

The History of Literature

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The Blackmail of Charles Schwab

One of the big clearinghouses for secrets was Schwab flat where he would entertain gentlemen. And it wasn't just the famous all-male orgies that you could meet women if you so chose. He would set up situations where maybe someone would be a guest in his house and he'd set up to have another guest there and witness it. Then they could say, hey, this guy saw what happened and get in touch with our solicitor because they had a solicitor who worked regularly. If he would contact and say, I can fix your problem for you.

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