Missouri Outlaw History (Kansas City, St. Louis, St. Joseph: coupons, violation, sell)

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Former Convict Slain In Saloon By Ex-Policeman 1929

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Potosi Journal July 28, 1920 Pg2

ROBBERS BLOW SAFE

Chillicothe, Mo.,---The bank of Hale, Mo., was robbed and several thousand dollars worth of Liberty bonds were stolen. The bandits forced an entrance through the back window and blew open the safe with nitroglycerin. The exact amount stolen cannot be ascertained at present.





The Hanging Of John Ables

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Cape Girardeau Democrat February 7, 1891

DWELLING BURGLARIZED

At St. Joseph the residence of James Ritchie was entered by burglars and completely ransacked. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie being held at revolvers' points.



Cape Girardeau Democrat February 7, 1891

ATTEMPTED INCENDIARY

Two unsuccessful attempts to burn the House of the Good Shepherd at Kansas City have been made recently by some unknown miscreant.




Potosi Journal December 8, 1920 Pg3

BUTLER STORE ROBBED OF WHISKY

Butler-----A drug store here was robbed of nine gallons of whisky. The robbers entered through a window.




Scott County Kicker January 18, 1902 Pg2

FEMALE CONVICT ESCAPES

Nellie Montgomery, a white woman convict sent up from Platte County for felonious assault, escaped from the state prison at midnight, she was a "trusty" and slept in the warden's office.




Scott County kicker January 18, 1902 Pg2

SAFE BLOWERS AT BRAYMER

Burglars blew open the safe in the store of R. Dalbey at Braymer, about $15 was taken.




John Oscar Turlington
Hanged 1891

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1895 Saloon Shooting

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Potosi Journal July 28, 1920 Pg2

IS AN ESCAPED CONVICT

Kansas City, Mo.---One of the two men captured by a posse near Independence, Mo., after holding up a motorist and stealing his car, admitted to the Independence police that he is William Stender, who made a spectacular escape from the Missouri penitentiary on the night of July 12.

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Eddie Guerin (1852-1932)
Famous international thief.
First person to escape from Devil's Island.

https://kenzimmermanjr.com/det-desmond-catches-guerin/




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Joseph Hubert
Leader of the "Dutch Joe" gang.
They were stage robbers in the southwest in the 1870s. He was sentenced to 13 years in the Missouri penitentiary.

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George Jones (1860-1910)
b. Missouri
He was part of a gang of thieves and counterfeiters that operated in Northern California and Oregon.

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Southeast Missourian April 2, 1918

FORGER AND BOOTLEGGER SHOT DEAD RUNNING FROM POLICE

Herman Keil, a Cape Girardeau countian by birth, but who has been living in Texas and Oklahoma for the past 20 years, was shot and killed in an alley in the rear of the Osterloh Book Store on Main street at 12:45 this morning while trying to escape from Chief of Police Arthur Whitener and Policemen John B Groce and J.W. Pearson.




Potosi Journal January 5, 1921 Pg2

FARMERS CAPTURE ESCAPED CONVICT

Jefferson City, Mo.---O.L. Drydon, a convict who escaped from the penitentiary, did not enjoy his liberty long, for he is back in a prison cell.
Just how he managed to get over the prison wall is not quite clear, but presumably with the aid of a rope he had contrived out of wrapping twines. He traveled southeast of the city and crawled into a haystack on a farm some eighteen miles from here, and was discovered by some boys who were hunting rabbits. They gave the alarm and several farmers surrounded him with their guns and he at once surrendered.




On November 26, 1901, Newton Jasper Privitt used a shotgun to murder John W Wolf in Sullivan county, Missouri.



Noah Bunk McGinnis was hanged on December 20, 1900, in Butler, Missouri, for murdering a German farmer named Borcherding.

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St. Joseph News-Press February 5, 1921

OZARK BANDIT CAPTURED

Joplin, Mo., Feb 5---A lone bandit held up the Farmers' Bank of Butterfield, Barry County, yesterday, and fled with more than $800. He forced the cashier, Cass Jeffries, and his daughter, into the vault, but failed to lock it. The robber wore a handkerchief tied across his face, but Jeffries said he recognized him and gave citizens the name of a farmer of the vicinity.
Two hours after the robbery, Homer Bayless, a farmer, was taken into custody by a posse from Cassville. He was taken to jail there, where officers said $700 was found in his possession, after which, Bayless admitted the robbery.
Officers say Bayless told them he left a hack in the woods near Butterfield and after the robbery he drove to Cassville, six miles away, where he purchased groceries and obtained a haircut and shave. He was on his way to his farm when accosted.
" I was hard up and had to have money." Bayless said.
He is 30 years old and has a family. His father, A.P. Bayless, is a prominent farmer of the vicinity.
The robber forced the banker and his daughter to stand against the wall while he obtained the money. A man passed the bank during this time and hurried to a hardware store, where he told of the robbery and attempted to borrow a revolver. The hardware clerks would not believe his statement and refused to lend him a weapon.




Cape Girardeau Democrat February 14, 1891

CHARGED WITH SHOP-LIFTING

A wealthy widow was arrested in St. Louis a few days ago on the charge of shop-lifting. She denied the charge, but the floor-walker of the establishment says she is guilty.

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Masked Men Hold Up Freight Train In Harlem Missouri 1891

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Cape Girardeau Democrat January 10, 1891

LOOK OUT FOR HIM

A man has been victimizing persons in Johnson, Saline and Pettis counties by selling the county right to an alleged patented horse-collar attachment.





Parkville Bank Robbery 1886

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Potosi Journal July 14, 1920 Pg2

INTERURBAN STATION LOOTED

St. Joseph, Mo.,---Three unmasked men entered the Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Interurban station here and forced the ticket agent to hand over the keys to the safe. The bandits escaped with $1,591.




Cape Girardeau Democrat February 14, 1891

A BAD CHARGE

Perry Ray, a Barton County farmer, is charged with rendering cholera hogs into lard and selling it to Lamar merchants.




1945 St. Louis County Killings

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St. Louis Republic February 4, 1901

FIERCE BATTLE WITH ROBBERS IN WEST END

Fiercely attacked by two highwaymen who attempted to rob him at Delmar boulevard and Aubert avenue late last night, George H Rodgers of No. 5047 Washington boulevard resisted with all his might until the footpads were frightened away by the approach of an officer.
In a running battle that followed, in which nearly 20 shots were fired, two men were arrested. They were later positively identified by Rodgers as the men who had attacked him.

The whole neighborhood for blocks around was thrown into almost a panic by the fusillade and a crowd of nearly a hundred persons gathered. Rodgers sustained several scalp wounds which are quite painful.

Rodgers was walking home from an evening call about 11:30 when he was assaulted at the corner of Delmar boulevard and Aubert avenue by two footpads who thrust revolvers in his face and commanded him to throw up his hands or be shot. Rodgers is something of an athlete and he decided not to yield without some battle.
Instead of throwing up his hands he rushed forward, knocking the gun of one man in the air and planted a blow on the thug's jaw. It staggered him.
While he was attending to the one man the other brought his revolver down on Rodgers' head with such force as to knock him to the pavement. Before he could rise the other highwayman dealt him another blow which slightly stunned him.

The two men continued to rain blows on his head until stopped by the approach of Policeman Neece, who had witnessed the struggle. At the approach of Neece the two highwaymen ran north on Aubert avenue to a vacant lot, crossing it to Euclid avenue, and thence north again to the Suburban tracks. Neece followed them, firing as fast as his revolver would work. The men turned several times and fired at Neece, who gave no heed to their shots.

The fusillade attracted the attention of Sergeant Long and Policeman Bartold, who met the fugitives at Euclid avenue and placed one of them under arrest. The second man was captured at Bayard avenue by Policemen Volk and Neece and placed under arrest.

Rodgers identified them as the ones who held him up. They were taken to the Tenth District Station. One man gave his name as Charles Williams of No. 1342 Cass avenue and said his partner's name was William Barrett, however, his partner gave his name as Frank Montgomery of 618 South Sixth street.

One man claimed to be a machinist and the other a clerk and that they have been out of work for the last few days.
Rodgers was taken to the office of Doctor P.G. Paugh who sewed up his wounds. He did not consider them serious.