William McCloundy
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William McCloundy (born 1859 or 1860),[1] also known as I.O.U. O'Brien,[2] was an early 20th-century confidence trickster, from Asbury Park, New Jersey, who served a two-and-a-half-year prison term in Sing Sing for "selling" the Brooklyn Bridge to a tourist in 1901.[1]
See also
- Template:Section link — other information about selling the Brooklyn Bridge
- George C. Parker
References
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