Informer Con Game Foils U. S. Plot Convicted Man Kills Himself
A Justice Department plot to trap stolen securities dealers backfired when informer Charles E. Leggett used a phony $1.75 million bank certificate as collateral for a $2 million California house and land mortgage. Leggett, linked to Chicago Strike Force operations, faced multiple charges and vanished. In a separate case, Condon, a Metropolitan District Commission engineer, shot himself in a U S District Court room after sentencing was set, amid extortion and tax conviction counts.
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Condon
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Motions Today In Banking Case
U S District Judge Joseph Young will hear pretrial motions at 9 a m from State Treasurer John K Kelly and three Huntington bankers facing bribery indictments returned May 1 The judge will decide on Kelly seeking a nonjury trial The case also involves Theodore J Caldwell Coleman Trainers Bernard C McGinnis Jr and Paul D Allen plus former assistant Joseph F Ryskosky Allen’s appearance may be continued due to attorney Armada’s hospitalization
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John K. Kelly
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Theodore J
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Coleman Trainor
First Huntington
Bernard C. McGinnis Jr
Twentieth Street Bank
Huntington
Paul D. Allen
Columbia
D.C
Charleston National Bank
South Carolina Bank
Joseph F. Rykoskey
Allen
Century of memories left to grandiose con artist
Charles Chamberlain profiles Joseph Weil a notorious con man nearing 100, detailing his 1920s schemes that netted about $8 million, his jail stints, disguises, and flamboyant past. Now in a convalescent home, he recalls trickster days, while recognizing his faded edges and worn elegance.
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Father Time
Joseph
Yellow Kid” Weil
Charles Chamberlain
Chicago
Weil
Steve Allen Half Brother Reveals Family Bond in North Carolina
Hickory North Carolina lawyer and former alderman Young M Smith Sr 68 learns he is half brother of entertainer Steve Allen after receiving photos and a letter from Allen The men met in March at Smiths daughters home near Washington DC and described an emotional reunion with Allen noting a warm family reception and both sides adjusting to new kinship in public press excerpts from Ladies Home Journal.
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Clyde
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Montgomery
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Isabelle Donahue
Charleston
D.C
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Upper Valley Dogcatcher proposal advances in Kanawha County
The Upper Kanawha Valley may hire a dogcatcher funded by area municipalities after a Charleston Humane Association proposal. County Commission President John Catalano reported that mayors asked for the service due to stray dogs, with oversight by Kanawha County officials.
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Charleston Humane ‘Assn
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Kelly Castleberry
Thomas Black
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