Word: bainton
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Dates: during 1937-1937
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...financial flight which was thus arrested in mid-career began late in 1935 when Neville, who first had police trouble in 1926, met grey-haired, respectable Miss Cecilia M. Bainton, a popular music teacher in the Boston schools. It was not long before Neville had Miss Bainton lending her name to The Bainton Associates, Inc., which purported to be an investment trust paying 25% returns monthly. Hypnotic, honest-looking Neville convinced his clients that as a Wall Street wizard he could make this profit possible by trading their money in stocks. Mr. Neville further convinced everyone of his good faith...