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Gaston Bullock Means (July 11, 1879 – December 12, 1938) was an American private detective, salesman, bootlegger, forger, swindler, murder suspect, blackmailer, and con artist. While not involved in the Teapot Dome scandal , Means was associated with other members of the so-called Ohio Gang that gathered around the administration of President Warren G. Harding .
11 July 1879–12 Dec. 1938. Gaston Bullock Means, detective, scoundrel, and swindler, was born on his family's plantation, Blackwelder's Spring, near Concord in Cabarrus County, the son of William Gaston Means, a lawyer and longtime mayor of Concord. His grandfather, W. C. Means, known as "the General," was a wealthy antebellum planter with ...
26 de may. de 2020 · Jan. 30, 1925. Even in prison, Gaston Means was still known as a trader of secrets. But he struggled to find ways to remain relevant in America. While behind bars, Means’ most notable achievement was a ghostwritten libelous book about President Harding, which falsely claimed that his wife had poisoned him.
9 de sept. de 2014 · Macall B. Polay—HBO; Bettman/Corbis Gaston Means: Boardwalk Empire's Gaston Means (played by Stephen Root) may have been ordered to kill associate Jess Smith by Harry Daugherty, but in real...
8 de may. de 2024 · Gaston Means (born July 11, 1879, Blackwelder’s Spring, near Concord, North Carolina, U.S.—died December 12, 1938, Springfield, Missouri) was an American confidence man notable for attaining close proximity to the highest echelons of government and leveraging the information afforded him by his position. Means was born into a family of ...
The real kidnapper, he continued in a whisper, was an associate of Gaston B. Means, the man who defrauded Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean of $104,000 on the pretence that he could recover the Lindbergh baby.
23 de may. de 2020 · Gaston Bullock Means (July 11, 1879 – December 12, 1938) was an American private detective, salesman, bootlegger, forger, swindler, murder suspect, blackmailer, and con artist. While not involved in the Teapot Dome scandal, Means was associated with other members of the so-called Ohio Gang that gathered around the administration of President ...
