Sunday, 15 February 2015

Serendipity Sunday - Robbers



I happened across this book, written by William Allan Pinkerton in 1907.
He gives an account of and provides photos of these robbers. 





I then found a couple of other books on robbers.

Relevant Links


Train Robberies, Train Robbers and Holdup Men

A brief historical account of the lives of six notorious street-robbers, executed at Kingston, UK 1726

An interesting account of the organization and mode of operations of the celebrated horde of robbers known as the Markham Gang - Toronto, Canada 1846

The Boston Brinks Robbery Jan 1950






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