The Big Con by David Maurer

Author:David Maurer [Maurer, David W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-307-75572-8
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2010-10-27T04:00:00+00:00

Although Buck Boatwright did not live to use the payoff and the rag, he is generally regarded by men who have worked against the best big stores as one of the best insidemen who ever operated a store. He was a “natural.” Among living con men, the Yellow Kid, another natural, is one of the best in his profession. Second to the Yellow, and in many respects quite as good, many con men would name Charley Gondorff. On the rag, Fred the Florist is reputed to be one of the best now operating. These men are all old-timers; they did not develop by slow degrees; they were good from the start. It is a peculiar fact that these men should all spring from one generation. Modern professionals who have seen the best insidemen work see little hope of replacing them from the present crop of young grifters.

This belief may only reflect the condescension with which the older men in any profession look upon the coming generation. On the other hand, partly because of the vastly changed conditions under which present-day grifters are turned out, it does seem that the old-timers have a little the best of it.

Other insidemen, some dead, some very old, and some belonging to the present generation, who deserve a place in the first rank of con men are:

Fred G_____ Kent Marshall

Limehouse Chappie Big Chappie L_____

Little Chappie Lohr Lee Reil

Jack Porter The Boone Kid (Sam)

Frank MacSherry Whitney

The Big Alabama Kid The Clinic Kid

Claude King Joe Furey

Louisville Charley Louisville Henry

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