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Restau rant scene and shady finance scheme unfold
In a New York Street restaurant a stout man with a porky nose orders roast beef and onions while a web of shady financiers led by Bicker plots profits from freight and shipments. Clerks hustle to balance bank books and private deals, exposing a regular scheme to dupe confiding adventurers.
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Peter
Masther
Benerbest Trust and Loan Company
St Ranger
Inter and Commission Merchant
Mr. Bicker
Carder
John Hassleton
Walt
Bicker
Merchant’s
Union
Trader's Bank
Towle, Bicker, & Co
Jones, Brown & Co
Magdalen
Marran
Charles
Wizzard
Towle, Bicker & Co
John Hazzelton
John Hazselton
John