Lou Blonger
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lou-blonger-177-3277682
title:
Lou Blonger
text:
Lou Blonger, born Louis Herbert Belonger, was a Wild West saloonkeeper, gambling-house owner, and mine speculator, but is best known as the kingpin of an extensive ring of confidence tricksters that operated for more than 25 years in Denver, Colorado. His "Million-Dollar Bunco Ring" was brought to justice in a famous trial in 1923. Blonger's gang set up rooms resembling stock exchanges and betting parlors that were used by several teams to run "big cons". The goal of the con was to convince tour
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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American mobster
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Blonger
date created:
2004-03-29T15:38:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T22:42:57Z
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