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Joseph Weil
Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil (July 1, 1875 – February 26, 1976)〔Social Security Death Index, ()〕 was one of the best known American con men of his era. Weil's biographer, W. T. Brannon, wrote of Weil's "uncanny knowledge of human nature". During the course of his career, Weil is reputed to have stolen more than $8 million.
"Each of my victims had larceny in his heart", quipped Weil.〔Streissguth, Thomas. ''Hoaxers & Hustlers'', Minneapolis 1994; The Oliver Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-06-112023-7〕
==Early life and career==
Weil was born in Chicago, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Weil. He quit school and started work as a collector in his home town's bustling loan-sharking industry at age 17. Weil noticed his peers keeping small portions of the boss' proceeds. For a portion, offered Weil, he would not share his knowledge of their perfidy. Plenty complied. His career progressed into protection rackets. 〔
Under the tutelage of Chicago confidence man Doc Meriwether, Weil started performing brief cons during the 1890s at public sales of Meriwether's Elixir, the chief ingredient of which was rainwater.
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