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“I am not bitter”: “Ponzi Leaves Boston in Brig of Liner Vulcania,” Boston Herald, October 8, 1934, p. 1; “Ponzi Deported, Leaves in Tears,” Boston Globe, October 8, 1934, p. 1.
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she could no longer remain Mrs. Ponzi: “Wife of Ponzi Seeks Divorce,” Boston Globe, June 27, 1936; “Wife’s Divorce Suit ‘Tragic,’ Says Ponzi,” Boston Globe, June 27, 1936.
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“When he was down”: “Mrs. Ponzi Files for Divorce,” Boston Post, June 27, 1936.
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tried to bluff Rose into jealousy: Letter from Ponzi to Rose, dated July 29, 1941.
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his cousin Attilio Biseo: James Alan Coogan, “Spy Plot Shown Up by Ponzi,” Boston Post, April 27, 1942, p. 1; Also, Ponzi wrote frequently about Biseo in his letters to Rose. Ponzi often called Biseo his nephew, but it appears more likely they were cousins; Ponzi’s references to him as a nephew might have been because of the difference in their ages.
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efforts to expose a smuggling ring: “Spy Plot Shown Up by Ponzi,” Boston Post, April 27, 1942, p. 1.
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“quite a tidy sum here”: Letter from Ponzi to Rose, dated August 18, 1943.
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a heart attack: James Alan Coogan, “Spy Plot Shown Up by Ponzi,” Boston Post, April 27, 1942, p. 1.
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manager of the Cocoanut Grove: Lester Allen, “Club Finances in Name of ‘Straw,’ ” Boston Post, December 8, 1942, p. 1; “Welansky Deposited Funds in the Name of Rose Gnecco,” Boston Globe, December 8, 1942, p. 1.
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“Of course I am”: Letter from Ponzi to Rose, dated July 29, 1941.
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“I have missed you terribly”: Letter from Ponzi to Rose, dated June 26, 1943.
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A reporter for the Associated Press: Hoyt Ware, “Ponzi, Once Wizard, Now Broken Old Man in a Charity Hospital,” Boston Globe, May 4, 1948. Ware’s story received wide attention, appearing in numerous newspapers across the country.
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“Life, hope, and courage”: Ponzi, p. 172.
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died of a blood clot: “Ponzi Dies in Rio in Charity Ward,” New York Times, January 19, 1949.
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his body returned to Boston: “Won’t Try to Return Ponzi Body,” Boston Post, January 19, 1949, p. 1.
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a full page in Life magazine: “Ponzi Dies in Brazil,” Life, January 31, 1949, p. 63.
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the one thing Ponzi had never lost: Interviews in April and May 2003 with John Gnecco, Florence Gnecco Hall, and Mary Gnecco Treen.
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