THE BORDER BANK BANDITS

Softcover. Join the escapades of a group of 1920s border bank robbers as the author details the heists of two large bank robbing gangs, one a breakaway gang from the original group. Experience the isolation of frontier life when tellers slept in rooms above the safe, and cut telegraph wires could cripple a small community for days. Feel the helplessness of the small bank patrons who actually watched as their life savings were taken away by armed robbers. The author covers the careers of "Smiling Johnny" Reid, Arthur Davis, and their various henchmen; their successful and their aborted heists; their eventual capture by the fledgling provincial police forces and south of the border sheriffs; and their subsequent court hearings and final sentences. The antics of the courteous bank robber, the technique of using bread dough to blow a safe, and the final hunt for the buried treasure make this a humorous, as well as an exciting read. Illus. 88pp. softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.