Word: thiele
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Break. Last week Bertram Campbell, now a $50-a-week bookkeeper, was suddenly and dramatically cleared; proved, at last, was the fact that he had not been the forger. The culprit was none other than Alexander D. L. Thiel, the horseplaying, narcotic-spurred wizard of forgery who in some 40 years had left a $500,000 trail of bogus checks over the U.S. (TIME, April...
...Forger Thiel and Bookkeeper Campbell did indeed resemble each other, a little. Now, sentenced for one of his crimes, Thiel confessed, in writing, that he had done the job for which Campbell served time. He knew about it at the time, he said, but he felt himself to be "in an unfavorable position" to give himself...
After that he would deposit checks up to $8,000, forged on the first firm. By the time the bank sent out its statements and the forgeries were discovered, Alexander Thiel would have made his killing and vanished. In twelve years he took more than $200,000 from the biggest Manhattan banks. Exasperated G-men, unable to discover his identity, listed him on their files...
...Scholar in Crime. As Major Maclay, Forger Thiel was a connoisseur of fine wines and food. He read scholarly works on engineering, medicine and art. He bought $150 suits, $25 shirts, $10 neckties. He often wintered in Miami...
Last week, in the Federal House of Detention on Manhattan's West Street, Alexander Thiel did not seem too unhappy. After twelve years of silence, he was able, at last, to talk about his fabulous coups. Occasionally, adjusting his black-ribboned glasses, he offered fascinated FBI agents his expert and detailed advice on the cooking and serving of sturgeon...