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    Lou Blonger (May 13, 1849 – April 20, 1924), born Louis Herbert Belonger, was a Wild West saloonkeeper, gambling-house owner, and mine speculator, but...
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    responsible for the capture and arrest of over 100 criminals, including Lou Blonger in Summer 1922. He celebrated his 100th birthday in 1965, and died on...
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  • Godman; 1888–1945) – John Homer T. ("Dapper Jackie") French, member of the Lou Blonger Gang of Denver. A photo of Buda holding a gun is found in Philip S. Van...
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  • and various other socio-economic conditions in the later 19th century. Lou Blonger (1849–1924): American pickpocket and fraudster, organized a massive ring...
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    92.7 males. Shullsburg was the boyhood home of Lou Blonger, the "Bunco King" of Denver, Colorado. Blonger lived in Shullsburg from 1853, when he was four...
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  • and prosecuting the notorious "Million-Dollar Bunco Ring" headed by Lou Blonger, a story he recounted in his book Fighting the Underworld. Philip Van...
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    expires 2024) Village Clerk & Treasurer Dianne Day (term expires 2024) Lou Blonger, confidence man; born in Swanton William Brayton, Justice of the Vermont...
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    James R. Bennett, Secretary of State of Alabama 1993–2003, 2013-2015 Lou Blonger (1849–1924), Wild West saloonkeeper Johnny Carson (1925–2005), entertainer...
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  • corruption as well as progress. Underworld bosses such as Soapy Smith and Lou Blonger worked side by side with city officials and police to profit from gambling...
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    actress; born in Bennington George Bliss, politician; born in Jericho Lou Blonger, saloon owner, con man Aretas Blood, locomotive manufacturer; born in...
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  • Known as "The Colonel", he used military tactics to bring down gangster Lou Blonger, "The Fixer", and his "Million Dollar Bunco Ring". Van Cise also took...
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    longest and most expensive trial to that time, 20 con men, including Lou Blonger, was convicted and sent to prison, effectively busting the "Million-Dollar...
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    founder of Baird College William J. Barker (1831-1900), Denver Mayor Lou Blonger (1849–1924), Saloonkeeper, gambling house owner and kingpin of Denver...
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    Leslie Phillips, British actor; in Tottenham, London (d. 2022) Died: Lou Blonger, 74, American fraudster and con man, died at the Colorado State Penitentiary...
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    oil drilling in Teapot Rock. Tammen was a close friend with mobster Lou Blonger. After he was arrested, Tammen refused to publish a story about it. Bonfils...
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    paramour of Jackie French (né John Homer French), the bookmaker for Lou Blonger. After the 1916 scandal, up through the mid-1920s, Godman became the...
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    maintained somewhat of a rogue's reputation. His business partners, Sam and Lou Blonger, owned gambling houses. Ultimately, he lost his position with the District...
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    1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress. In 1902, confidence men Sam and Lou Blonger engaged in election fraud for Bonynge. Bonynge successfully contested...
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    Johnson, Scott; Johnson, Craig. "The Earps, Doc Holliday, & The Blonger Bros". BlongerBros.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved...
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    Johnson, Scott; Johnson, Craig. "The Earps, Doc Holliday, & The Blonger Bros". BlongerBros.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7...
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