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Re: Elks Chip Collectors
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This illustrates the problems with these Mason index cards. We are fortunate to have access to them, but they don't tell everything. I believe the addresses on them are just shipping or order records. The chips could have been ordered for an illegal club or anything. "G. H. Faulk" could have been an underling or a made-up name. If the chips were to be used for an illegal purpose, it is possible the bosses wouldn't want to use their own names in such a public way. And the Elks Club address could have been solely for shipping purposes. Again, why would crooks want the chips sent to their gambling den? (Sometimes we have seen the chips sent to the name and address of the illegal club, but not always I am sure.)

Robert

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