1. Edgar Laplante used to involve these contacts in his substance abuse.
10 Facts About Edgar Laplante
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Edgar Laplante performed his first con at an apparent age of 14.
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Edgar Laplante was able to make money by delivering public speeches at religious places and civil societies while disguised as other people, never revealing his real name.
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Edgar Laplante was born around 1888 in Central Falls, Rhode Island.
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Edgar Laplante first played Native American characters around 1917 and used to travel from one city to another pretending to be an activist working towards "Indian Rights".
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Edgar Laplante knew more than 21 languages which he used to indulge leaders, businessmen, kings, and queens.
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Edgar Laplante later went to Switzerland where he was arrested by the Swiss police for his involvement in confidence tricks.
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Edgar Laplante's pose as Chief White Elk helped him to marry a Utah woman named Burtha Thompson.
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Edgar Laplante's marriage was attended by the governor, who believed he was the real Chief White Elk.
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Edgar Laplante moved to New York after his release from Italian prison and died of a myocardial infarction in Arizona.