Fake news: The bold-as-brass conman who pretended to be a Cherokee chief:
A 1922 portrait of Edgar Laplante in his Chief White Elk costume Picture: Library of Congress Prints and Photographic Division American swindler posing as Chief White Elk acted like Robin Hood and gave away millions of dollars that weren't his Edgar Laplante, aka Chief White Elk, and his new bride, Burtha Thompson, just after their marriage ceremony at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, March 13, 1918 Picture: COURTESY PAUL WILLETTS Writer Paul Willetts was browsing the National Archives database when he struck gold. “Raymond or Raj Tawanna alias Edgar Laplante alias 'Chief White Elk,' American international swindler,” read the title of a police file.
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