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Tom O'Brien (swindler)
Tom O'Brien (c. 1851 − September 29, 1904) was an American confidence man and swindler during the late 19th century. He was popularly known as "King of the Banco Men", along with other prominent tricksters such as Joseph "Hungry Joe" Lewis and Charles P. Miller, and organized countless banco and confidence schemes throughout the United States, especially in New Orleans, Chicago and New York, as well as in Europe. He often partnered with a number of confidence and banco men such as Lon Ludlam, Red Adams, Frank Smith, Pete Carlisle, Ed Ray, Red Austin, Charley Hinnell, "Hungry Joe" Lewis〔"Victims Of The Escaped Convict.; A List Of Some Of The People He Has Swindled". New York Times. 25 Apr 1892〕 and Reed Waddell. He later shot and killed Waddell in an argument over money following a scheme they had run in Paris, France.〔Asbury, Herbert. ''The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the New York Underworld''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. (pg. 179-180) ISBN 1-56025-275-8〕〔Hyde, Stephen and Geno Zanetti, ed. ''Players: Con Men, Hustlers, Gamblers and Scam Artists''. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002. (pg. 129, 131) ISBN 1-56025-380-0〕
He, like Waddell, was credited with having invented the "gold brick swindle". A classic con trick, he made at least $500,000 using this swindle during a five-month period at the Columbian Exposition of 1893〔Johnson, Curt and R. Craig Sautter. ''The Wicked City: Chicago from Kenna to Capone''. New York: Da Capo Press, 1998. (pg. 110) ISBN 0-306-80821-8〕〔Brands, H.W. ''The Reckless Decade: America in the 1890s''. University of Chicago Press, 2002. (pg. 45) ISBN 0-226-07116-2〕 as one of many figures of the criminal underworld who attended the event.〔English, T.J. ''Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster''. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. (pg. 93) ISBN 0-06-059002-5〕
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