CONFIDENCE MAN GAOLED
POSED AS WEALTHY AUSTRALIAN Reed. 11.15 a.m. LONDON, Friday. Scotland Yard describes William Robinson, a bootmaker, aged 62. as the cleverest confidence man in London. Robinson was gaoled for three years for obtaining £2,000 by trickery. The police stated they traced £82,000 obtained by Robinson from various victims, including Australians, to whom Robinson posed as a wealthy Australian mine-owner. He married a former woman associate and resided at Ealing.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 874, 18 January 1930, Page 1
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72CONFIDENCE MAN GAOLED Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 874, 18 January 1930, Page 1
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