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Most Remarkable Career of a Notorious Bigamist Swindler
The piece profiles a professional bigamist and swindler known by aliases Marvin Morton Adame and more, arrested in Lynn Mass. Pinkerton detectives chase his trail from Virginia to New Haven and beyond, uncovering eight to nine marriages and numerous forged notes. The offender, about 57, 150 pounds, plagued victims nationwide, with prior forgeries and elopements across multiple states. The narrative also touches on a Paris boy killer and a Cincinnati advertising discussion.
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New York Times
Times
Daily
Boston
Richmond
Missouri
Kansas
Marvin
Morton
Adame
Lynn
Mass
Pinkerton
Virginia
Bob Pinkerton
New York
Hartford
Conn
Thomas A. Margin
Miss Turpin
New Haven
Judge Cowan
Germantown
W. A. Taylor
Camden
N. J
John Dinforth
Media
Newark
A. M. Brownell
First National Bank of
Madison
Wis
First National Bank of Chicago
Baird & Bradley
Merchants’ National Bank.of
Turpin
Albany
Spencer Trask & Co
A. P. Morton
Henry C. Back
Albion
Rochester
Harrisburg
Buffalo
Canada
H. ©. Black
Mrs. Kenney
Black
General Martin
David Lindsay
Washington
Chicago
Martin
Eufaula
Ala
Joplin
A. Marvin
Mervin
St. Louie
Owensboro
McDonough
St. Louis
Adams
Governor Long
Massachusetts
Lake Wooda
Nellie DeHart
G. L. ‘Hovey
Mr. Hovey
Vainister
Marvin DE Hart
Fredricksburg
Baltimore
Washington Depot
Dodge
Jersey City
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Little Rock
Ark
Arthur Merritt
Cincinnati
A. KE. Burkhardt
Altom
Thas Harris Remedy Co
Louis