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'Count Vidor Lustig'By A»»ocio*ed Pre»sNEW YORK. Aug. 31.—The death of Robert V. Miller, known as Count Victor Lustig. one of the worlds most notorious swindlers, was disclosed yesterday by his brother at a court hearing in Camden. N. J.Miller, sentenced in 1935 to 20 years in Alcatraz, died March 11. 1947. at the ace of 57. of a brain tumor in a Federal hospital in Springfield. Mo. Federal authorities confirmed this and said notice of the death never had been published.The brother. Emil Lustig. was released in Camden on a personal bond after he had been arrested on a counterfeit charge.Miller had a fabulous career. Secret Service agents said an occasional counterfeit $20. $50 or $100 bill, known as Count Lustig money. still turns up.Arrested 40 Times.When the Count was booked in 1935. an assistant United States attorney estimated that between 1930 and 1935. about $2,340,000 In bogus bills made by Miller and William Watts had been found. Watts. Miller's master engraver, also was sentenced to Alcatraz.Miller was arrested more than 40 times but boasted he had been able to buy his way out nearly every time. Once he escaped from the Federal House of Dentention in lower Manhattan in broad daylight by using a rope made of bed sheets.Dress Was Faultless.The ‘•count.** with faultless dress and chauffeur-driven limou-j sifie. duped bankers, politicians, and many women.Once he sold a money-making machine for $100,000 to a Los Angeles banker. It was guaranteed to produce $20 bills at the turn of a crank—and did if he had loaded it beforehand.When Miller was arested in 1935.1 he had in his wallet a key to a Times Square subway locker that contained $51,000 in counterfeit bills.
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Washington Evening Star
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Wed, Aug 31, 1949
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