robberies

The list of famous (and infamous) Depression-era outlaws is a long one, from Ma Barker of the Barker-Karpis gang to Fred "Killer" Burke, about whom whole books could, and in many cases have, been written about. Today however, I’d like to tell the story of some lesser-known, but just as brazen, criminals who between 1930…

A crew of six men had set out and successfully stopped the train running the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul Line on the night of June 12, 1924. Consisting of a well coordinated strategy, some stolen cars and some inside information everything had been going according to plan. Using the railroad staff as labor, the thieves…

Most people aren’t aware that one of the most audacious train robberies in the history of the United States actually took place just a few miles east of Libertyville. On June 12, 1924, just outside the small town of Rondout, robbers made off with between 2 and 3 million dollars worth of cash, liberty bonds…