Missouri Outlaw History (Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield: stores, dental, clothes)

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Joseph W Whicher (1848-1874)
Pinkerton Detective murdered by Jesse James

https://truewestmagazine.com/jesse-j...oseph-whicher/


https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...r&GRid=8904255






Francis Alphonse Voullaire 1863- ?
St. Louis, Missouri
Embezzler

https://capturedandexposed.com/tag/embezzlement/

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Following Jesse James

https://truewestmagazine.com/following-jesse-james/










As the 1800s were coming to an end a new type of criminal arrived on the scene, the safe-blower, also called a yeggman. Railroads were starting to spread across the country and almost every small town became accessible by rail. The yeggman would make his own nitroglycerine and ride the rails with the hobos looking for small towns across the Midwest to hit. He would stay at these hobo camps just outside of the towns he would case for a few days and then make his move. With precision timing, he would enter a bank or building that contained a safe, then wait for the next train to come along to drown out the sound of the explosion and blow the safe. He would quickly scoop up the contents and race out of the building hoping to catch that same train out of town. Unlike the gun-waving bank robbers, a lot of these safe blowers were never caught, although a few of them were blown-up by accidents.

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George McKeever (1900-1936)
Hanged for murder

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...&GRid=88446708






Newton County Gangsters

Newton County has seen its share of gangsters - News - Neosho Daily News - Neosho, MO - Neosho, MO






Ira Edward Burkhart
St. Joseph, Missouri
Prison escape poster

https://picclick.com/Wanted-Poster-I...l#&gid=1&pid=2

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Villains & Vigilantes

https://www.branson.com/learn/branso...ns-vigilantes/











Man robs bank then goes to barbershop for a shave and haircut

Man got shave and haircut after allegedly robbing KC bank | The Kansas City Star

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The guy robbing the bank and then being so dumb he decides ta duck right in for a haircut and shave just floors me. They caught him at Ameristar Casino with a combo of chips and cash - his aim was to launder the stolen bank money there.

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Originally Posted by elkotronics

The guy robbing the bank and then being so dumb he decides ta duck right in for a haircut and shave just floors me. They caught him at Ameristar Casino with a combo of chips and cash - his aim was to launder the stolen bank money there.

How about this guy ?
He robbed a bank wearing a surgical mask and surgical gloves and was remembered by people at a hospital for his many visits, even right before he robbed the bank. My guess is he had a relative in the hospital and he saw how much the bill was going to be, then he spotted the mask and gloves in there and came up with the idea to rob a bank.

https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news...isits-cops-say

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Bushwhackers

Bushwhackers | Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict, 1854-1865





75 Year Old Bank Robbery Suspect

Suspect bank robber nabbed in stolen RV






Bank Robber Jumps In River

https://jenkers.com/en#!t=11392691

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How about this guy ?
He robbed a bank wearing a surgical mask and surgical gloves and was remembered by people at a hospital for his many visits, even right before he robbed the bank. My guess is he had a relative in the hospital and he saw how much the bill was going to be, then he spotted the mask and gloves in there and came up with the idea to rob a bank.

https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news...isits-cops-say

And what's really scary about this story is that its really...true.

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Bill Wilson 1830-?
" Bushwhacker Bill Wilson Rides Again "

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...GRid=113150278



Frances Hudgens Malone (1811-1879)
Mother of Bill Wilson

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...&GRid=25566636





Syracuse, New York Evening Herald November 25, 1899

Bank Robbery

The Troy Exchange bank at Troy, Ill., eight miles from St. Louis, was wrecked by safe blowers about 2 a.m. and everything of value that was in the bank was taken. The robbers secured between $ 3,000 and $ 5,000 in cash and a large amount of bonds and other securities and escaped.

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Alton Weekly Telegraph September 17, 1874

Wesley Reaves Dry Goods Robbed

Edwardsville News--- Last Thursday night the store of Wesley Reaves in New Douglas was entered by burglars, and about five or six hundred dollars worth of goods stolen. An entrance was effected by boring augur holes through the back door and removing the bolt with which it was fastened. Suspicion at once rested on a man who had arrived in town late in the evening previous, and who had departed during the night. He was traveling in a one-horse buggy, and owing to some peculiarity in the shoes with which his horse was shod, but little difficulty was experienced in tracking him. He returned through Alhambra, where it was ascertained he had taken dinner the day before, and thence by Hamil's corner to Balser Heinemann's, a saloon and tavern on the Hillsboro road, two miles from this city. It was previously discovered that he had left the road in a circuitous manner in Silver Creek Timber, and packed and tied up the goods that suited him best, and destroyed a quantity of others by burning them, a few remnants of which partially burned, and some paper boxes with Mr. Reaves' mark upon them being found there. He was arrested at Heinemann's by Charles Borman, constable, living at Hamil, and taken back to New Douglas before Martin Jones, a justice of the peace, who, upon hearing the testimony, committed him to the county jail in default of $ 700 bail. He gave his name as R.R. Johnston, and had a good horse and buggy and a small carpet sack containing several dozen patent glass cutters, which he had been peddling, using in payment of traveling expenses and also a revolver. The goods recovered from him and identified by Mr. Reaves were valued at about $ 400, and are sufficient to send him up, but as his bail is small, he may have friends able to assist him. He says his mother lives at Rock Springs, St. Louis County, Mo. The horse and buggy have been attached by Mr. Reaves with a view of partial compensation for expenses and unrecovered goods.