Ponzi Scheme Details Revealed at Boston Trial
Miss Mell testified that Charles Ponzi's office bought international coupons with stamps and paid 10 percent to agents. Branch offices opened across New England and beyond as Ponzi promised 100 to 600 percent profits, with over 30,000 investors. The government seeks larceny charges and traces of deposits and assets, while Ponzi faced questions about filing certificates.
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Miss Mell
Charles V. Dana Co
Essex Street
Boston
Ponzi
Securities Exchange Co
School Street
M’ss
Ponai
United States Special Postal Guide
Harry Mahoney
Flaherty
Fosdick
Miss Meli
Lawrence
Lynn
Manchester
N. H
Milford
Fall River
Salem
Worcester
Quey
Plymouth
Somervy‘lie
Framingham
Barre
Berlin
Providence
R. L
Hartford
Washington Street
Hp. m
Miss Mel
Tremont Trust Company
Hanover Trust Company
Cosmopolian Trust Company
International Trust Company
Fidelity Trust Company
Merchants National Bank
Italy
Europe
Hurwitz
Ponzi and the Other Defendants Had Been Indicted By the Grand Jury
Spain
Agen
Banking Corporrons
Aagsista
John S. Dondero
Rinaldo Rosselli
James W. Coulter
City Hall
Charles Ponzi
Family dispute over alleged affair at hotel ends in row
The husband accuses his wife of being too friendly with John J McDonald of Lowell a carpenter. He learns of the family trouble after a hotel dispute recounting the affair claims.
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Fords
John J. McDonald
Lowell
Ford family courtroom clash over McDonald affair in hotel
Witnesses describe romantic entanglements involving Mrs Ford and McDonald at a St Petersburg hotel. Henry Ford testifies about finding them in a bath room and a later confrontation over the affair as prosecutors seek Lester Ford’s arrest if needed. Dinsmore from Salem testifies about observed embraces and light shifts in the dining area.
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Clara B. Dinsmore
Salem
St. Petersburg
Smilee
Ford
McDonald
Attorney Snow
Ford and McDonald Affair Details Unearth Hotel Revelations
Testimony in St Petersburg court reveals a hotel staffer, the elder Ford, admitting his wife pursued a relationship with McDonald a man 81 years old with a wife and family. He claims spankings and a frosty incident, while denying physical abuse. Further witnesses from the hotel are expected.
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Morida
St. Petersburg
McDonald
St. Petersurge
Ford
Hampton
Missing Cousens Sought in October Disappearance
Charles W. Cousens a clerk with Downer & Co brokers at 53 State Street vanished the night of October 18. Described as short slim bald with gray mustache he lived at 17 Cobden Street Roxbury wearing a dark brown suit and brown hat.
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Charles W. Cousens
Downer & Company
State Street
Cousens
Cobden Street
Roxbury
Boston Doctor Gets Eighteen Months In Correction
Dr. Charles Bouin of Boston was sentenced to 18 months in the House of Correction by Judge Nelson P. Brown after pleading guilty to illegal surgery in Plymouth. Bouin appeared frail from a heart attack and a local spectator urged a lenient disposition. The court noted its fear of incarceration but did not grant a harsher penalty.
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Plymouth
House of Correction
Nelson P. Brown
Bouin
Olive Lyman
North Dana
Vahey
Counel
Francis J. Donoghue
Boston
Brown
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