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Everywhere the Yellow Kid looks he sees money—too bad it's yours.
The Sting (1973), starring Paul Newman and based largely on the story of the Yellow Kid, is entertaining, but is no match for the real deal.
He lived to be 101, and is said to have stolen over eight million dollars in total.I never cheated an honest man, only rascals. They wanted something for nothing. I gave them nothing for something.-Joseph Yellow Kid Weil.
Yellow Kid Weil: The Autobiography of America's Master Swindler
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“ Yah , I think I would like that house , ” he replied , when I had explained the proposition to him in Hoffman's presence . “ Could I see it maybe ? " “ Certainly , ” said Hoffman . “ Fine , ” I cut in . “ You go ahead , Mr. Hoffman .
The classic 1940 study of con men and con games that Luc Sante in Salon called “a bonanza of wild but credible stories, told concisely with deadpan humor, as sly and rich in atmosphere as anything this side of Mark Twain.” “Of all the ...
The Con Game and "Yellow Kid" Weil: The Autobiography of the Famous Con Artist as Told to W. T. Brannon
... 125, 183, 199; Seelbach Hotel 199 Lowden, Frank O. (governor) 33 Lucas, Jim 196 Lueders, William, H. (judge) 168, ... Charles S. (judge) 125 McEwen, Harry W. (judge) 198 McFarland, Russell 158 McGurn, Jack (machine gun) 189 McHugh, ...