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Evidence of Swindler Nickel His Lavish Lifestyle Revealed
New York police reported that William A. Nickel, a confessed swindler who cheated an employer of nearly a million dollars, bought his wife 40000 dollars of jewelry two mink coats and leased a $10-a-day Midtown hotel hideaway where he entertained women. The case ties to an 832000 fraud at Leotype firm and led to arrests of ex cons Rappaport and Kupsnecker, with others sought, as Nickel prepared to depart for New York with detectives. Police note the investigation involves Broadway figure Jimmy Collins and Glenda Farrell, though not connected. Nickel’s wife and daughter remain under protective custody in Freeport Long Island.
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Mecrgenthaler Linotype Company
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Nickel
Miami Beach
New York City
Isadore Rappaport
Joseph Kupsnecker
Jimmy Collins
Julius Davis
Joseph Milstein
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Miss Farrell
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Miss Farrel
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Sam Simon
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