Charles T. Wooding
Named in 4 stories. Back to all names
- Apr 4, 1894The Gold Brick SwindleA small-town banker loses his life savings to a sophisticated confidence scheme involving a fake Indian and a worthless brick.Ballard, Seattle, WA
- Sep 13, 1894The 'Gold Brick' King: How a Master Con Man Sold Copper to a BankerA too-trusting Aberdeen banker, a man disguised as an Indian, and a forged letter from the San Francisco mint—the Seattle trial of the notorious swindler 'Rebel George' Knowlton.Seattle, WA
- Sep 14, 1894Guilty in Two Minutes: The Bunko Man With a Revolver in His PastKnowlton, alias 'Robert George,' was convicted of swindling an Aberdeen banker with two copper bars sold as gold—then prosecutors unpacked a record that included a murdered minister and a courtroom shooting.Seattle, WA
- Sep 16, 1894He Swindled a Banker Out of $5,000. Now He Says the Newspapers Poisoned His Jury.Harvey W. Knowlton, convicted of swindling an Aberdeen banker, files for a new trial claiming jurors read prejudicial news accounts and that a missing sheriff would have testified the money went to another man.Seattle, WA