Sketching a Saga of Swindle Philip Musica and other con men
A dated exposé traces famous swindlers led by Philip Musica who used aliases like F Donald Coster to defraud the public. It surveys Ponzi’s 1920s fraud, Hartzell’s Drake estate swindle, Dave Lamar the Wolf of Wall Street, and Edward Lewis’s vast yet reckless financing schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Friggens
Philip Musica
F. Donald Coster
Iowa
Drake
Bank Tlark
Elk
Ponzi
Oscar Hartzell
Hartzell
Levenworth
New York
Dave Lamar
Wolf of
Wall Street
Morgans
U. S. Steel
Morgen
Lamar
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
A. Mitchell Palmer
U. S
Edward Garner Lewis
Leave Church Service To Nab Thieves
In EDNA KANSAS during Sunday services a woman whispered that thieves were stealing chickens from the Christmore farm. The male congregants moved to the hen coop and intercepted the theft, dropping their own bags of chickens and abandoning an old car in the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna, Kans
Trenton
Firefighter Aid Sparks Unlikely Rescue in Baton Rouge
A Baton Rouge resident telephoned for no fire, asking where the blaze was. The fire chief sent a firefighter who was dispatched to intervene after a local woman asked for help, joking she needed a man with a hatchet to handle the scenario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Lal
Ford Wealth
So They Say Tam in Love With Rena-Mina Davis Divorce Case
The item notes Tam’s involvement with Rena-Mina Richard Davis amid a divorce, mentions a potential move into film in Australia, and references a public service role. It cites a $40,000 yearly salary for a film position and touches on political and court issues without detailed outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Rena
Mina Richard
Dixie) Davis
Neevain
Jong
Austey Alel
James Roosevelt
Jacenjlings
Rev
Stone Anderson
Washington
Harald Lekes
Imayor
Chicago
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Swindle
Charles Ponzi
Mr. Ponzi
Lew
Philip Masliw
Broadway
Philip
Human Hair Company
Sia
Upuduras
Muysien
Donald Costec
Dinky Doule
Lought
Coster
Philp Musica
Muslea- Coster
George Vernard
Robert Dietrich
George and
Robert Musica
Central Gure Es
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Kid House
Wilson Bros
Paris
Wilson Brothers
Phoenix
Gift Bros
Rabber
Jacquard
Belber
Belcher
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