Doc Owens, Con Man
As early as December 1900, the notorious Doc Owens was making headlines, having established his racket of fleecing sea-going sheep.
READ LEFT-HAND COLUMN, THEN RIGHT-HAND COLUMN, THEN SAME FOR THE TWO FOLLOWING.
Three years later, The New York Times did a special feature on Owens and his fellows (with his photo miscaptioned).
Click here for very readable PDF download.
But Owens was to meet poetic justice in 1912, as our final piece reveals.
READ LEFT-HAND COLUMN, THEN RIGHT-HAND COLUMN, THEN SAME FOR THE TWO FOLLOWING.
Three years later, The New York Times did a special feature on Owens and his fellows (with his photo miscaptioned).
Click here for very readable PDF download.
But Owens was to meet poetic justice in 1912, as our final piece reveals.
Comments
I am reminded of a piece of dialong from an old movie (IIRC, it was W.C. Fields' "The Bank Dick"):
Sucker: Is this a game of chance?
WC: Not the way I play it, no.
Sucker: Is this a game of chance?
WC: Not the way I play it, no.
Posted by tadchem on 02/15/13 at 02:25 PM
Its a wonder the guy didn't 'fall' overboard in the middle of the night on one of the ships.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 02/15/13 at 09:56 PM
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