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Swindlers Bank On Atlanta as Banco Gang Exposed
A four week hearing in Atlanta details a trillion dollar banco gang preying on victims from Reading and Philadelphia to Texas and Florida. Indictments exceed a hundred as W. R. Manning and others charmed by con artists lose tens of thousands. Police clashes and staged broker offices revealed as detectives pursued flimsy money, fake telegraphs, and crook rooms.
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Atlanta
Banco
Reading
Philadelphia
Maryland
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Florida
Ohio
Indiana
Texas
W. R. Manning
Dallas
Tex
Doctor Blanchard
Memphis
W. C. Dukes
Milan
Id Mills
Floyd P. Woodward
Woodward
Mills
Charles Dorsey
Ruth Gobel
W. D. Hill
Clarkesville
J. A. Nations
Asworth
Cecil Hotel
Mark Tillery
John A. Boykin
Tillery
George W. Wiley
Whitehall
D. Rk
W. M. Bland
Drew
Misa
M. Be, Holley
Aiken
Bia
T. Madeira
Reading Fa
Profi
Pennsylvania
Easy Money Syndicate
Chicago
Albert H. Thompson
Thompson
Cuba
J Boykin
Thompsons
Asheville
John Boykin
Chamber of Commerce
Council
Boykin
Eugene R. Black
Blindiger
Holley
Aitkin
Abe Powers
Powers
New York
Ira Fort
Madeira
Joseph Ewing
Poole
Joe Ewing
al Martin
Martin
Birmingham
Aldine Chambers
Georgia
Palmer
Federal
Mr. Manning
Manning
Lamar Poole
Lieut. Shaw
Union Station
Bunco
Ansley Hotel
Clyde Smith
Harry Payne Whitney Company
Harry Payne Whitney
Capital City