Mr. & Mrs. Anderson Play The Badger Game

Ethel Bailey Born about 1892 in Illinois and her husband Ralph J Anderson born about 1897 in California.












This married couple would pull The Badger game on their victims. What's a Badger Game you ask? An extortion scheme in which a woman places a man in a compromising position and then victimizes him by demanding money when her male accomplice, pretending to be an outraged husband or relative, enters and threatens violence, scandal, etc.

The were arrested on 15 Nov 1921 for robbery.



Here is a longer article explaining the whole story.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40249761/ralph_j_anderson/?xid=637&_ga=2.32603192.749622427.1572964416-1337949228.1570736414




Inmate: 36087 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 4 Mar 1922
Crime: Robbery
Term: 1-life





Inmate: #36086 San Quentin prison
Rec: 4 Mar 1922
Crime: Robbery
Term: 1-Life

They were discharged on parole 3 Nov 1926









I found one child named Colleen Anderson and Ralph died 13 Jan 1962 in Sacramento County, CA., this was all the information I found the couple.

Interesting scam, she must of had to have had sex with some of these men, which I would think would not be an easy thing to do, or an easy life to live, what a way to make a living, could have been very dangerous.


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