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The Biggest Little Confidence Queen in Texas (and New York, Montana, and San Francisco): Bertha Heyman

Ridiculous Crime

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Bertha Haman Is a Bad Woman

In 1883, the New York Times ran an article with the headline, lying to suit herself. The Department of Charities and Corrections said quote, Bertha Haman is a bad woman. While she was in prison, she managed to swindle $1,000 out of a visitor. Bad, bad, Nellie Bly.

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