A Sensational Charge. James Connelly, Photographer Of K. C. Held Under Big Bond. James Connelly, society photographer and "man about town" in Kansas City, arrested in the clean up campaign against the crime wave there and especially directed against the "111" club, accused of organizing to debauch boys and girls of that city, is held under $40,000 bond, according to the Kansas City Post, whioh also says the bond was furnished by Connellys sister-in-law, Mrs. Stone Connelly and her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Moncravle, 4040 Harrison Avenue. He entered a plea of guilty to being a member of the club but disclaimed any connection with the boys and girls, Connelly has agreed to leave Kansas City during his bond period to avoid mob violence.

$40,000 in 1921 is worth $577,000 in 2020.

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