Word: thiele
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...down.* But forgers who can amass riches are rare. As every detective-story reader knows, most such slippery geniuses blossom in foreign capitals. But last week, with pardonable pride, the Federal Bureau of Investigation added to the list of master forgers the name of Chicago-born Alexander D. L. Thiel (rhymes with steal...
...Forger Thiel, a grey-haired, dignified man who bears a striking resemblance to the late John Barrymore, was just another confidence man until he reached middle age. But in the early '30s he turned up in Manhattan's financial district wearing pince-nez and carrying a stick...
...captor was a Shawnee named Big Turtle. He carved a little turtle on Sala-thiel's breast, named him Little Turtle, made him his heir. In the Shawnee village were other white captives, and though Salathiel lived the life of an Indian for the most part, a captive white preacher taught him to read & write fluent English...