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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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John Heyman's Dumbbell Club

In 1867, she met a man named Henry Brant. He was a saloon keeper in the Bowery. She conned him out of $200. That's almost $6,000 today. So at that point, she's, I guess, you know, Bertha Carco. Oh, so that's where she got that last name. The traveling suspenders salesman, his name, John Heyman. And he gets that for the barrels for the phone. It's just hanging out there. He's doing great numbers. Does he embarrass you at church functions? Is he a belts and braces guy? Let's get rid of the belt. You don't like

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