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what scheme had sam and bill done in the past to make money from The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry

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In The Ransom of Red Chief, Bill and Sam kidnap a child out of Summit, Alabama, to fund their fraudulent town-lot scheme in Illinois. They decide to kidnap Johnny Dorset because his father is wealthy, and they live in a semi-rural area with no police force or newspaper.

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