Spent the other day touring the structure (inside and out) where the Bonnie & Clyde Joplin shootout occurred. The current owner, Rev. Phillip McClendon, is ...
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Kate & David Clabough
monet100
May 1, 2006 3:34 pm
I'm definitely interested in this. I write for a newspaper that is distrubuted in a resort/retirement in East Tennessee. Our readership is always looking for...
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westboonerat@...
ezlane2002
May 1, 2006 5:11 pm
There are numerous other sites connected to 1920-30s lawmen-outlaw history located in the Joplin area such as the graves of the Young bros.( Connected to one...
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dc10dvr@...
capt_midknight
May 1, 2006 6:25 pm
In a message dated 5/1/2006 12:12:50 Central Standard Time, westboonerat@... writes: The Joplin Mining Museum has an authentic bullet riddled door from...
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westboonerat@...
ezlane2002
May 1, 2006 8:33 pm
Jim Sure, love to hear the story concerning the door. R.D....
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dc10dvr@...
capt_midknight
May 1, 2006 9:01 pm
In a message dated 5/1/2006 15:35:54 Central Standard Time, westboonerat@... writes: Jim Sure, love to hear the story concerning the door. R.D. This is...
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Rick Mattix
maddogmattix
May 1, 2006 9:19 pm
Several years back (early 90s) I talked with a guy in Joplin who at that time ran a metal sign shop on West 7th St. His story was that at the age of five or...
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Rick Mattix
maddogmattix
May 1, 2006 9:31 pm
On May 1, 1936, Alvin Karpis was captured by the FBI outside an apartment at 3343 Canal Street in New Orleans, in what was alleged to be J. Edgar Hoover's...
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westboonerat@...
ezlane2002
May 1, 2006 10:09 pm
Jim I have no idea why the apartment was sold. I met the new owner at a book signing we were doing in Joplin and when he invited me and my wife to tour the ...
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Gary Kent
gcalknet
May 2, 2006 12:18 am
Wasn't Karpis in custody when JEH appeared on the scene, thus causing the his (JEH's) problems with Melvin Purvis? Or am I imagining it? ... ...
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Rick Mattix
maddogmattix
May 2, 2006 8:26 am
Yes to first part. Karpis was already surrounded by twenty or so agents when Hoover showed up. Clarence Hurt probably made the actual arrest. As to Purvis, no,...
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westboonerat@...
ezlane2002
May 2, 2006 12:14 pm
Clarence Hurt's son, Jack, still owns the gun his father used to make the arrest. The weapon was a Winchester Model 1907 semi-auto .351 cal.rifle. According to...
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gangsterologists@yaho...
May 2, 2006 6:53 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the gangsterologists group. File :...
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Gary Kent
gcalknet
May 2, 2006 10:37 pm
John Edgar Hoover died this date in 1974. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam...
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Rick Mattix
maddogmattix
May 3, 2006 2:21 am
Actually, Hoover died on this date in 1972. On May 2, 1957, Vincent "The Chin" Gigante creased Frank Costello's skull with a bullet at his Central Park West...
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Gary Kent
gcalknet
May 3, 2006 3:02 am
opps!! I just checked my source and my face is red. I must have been thinking of my daughter whose b'day is today. ... ...
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ellenpoulsen@...
yepoul
May 3, 2006 11:24 am
Dear Gangsterologists, Members of gangsterologists contributed generously to the project to get a headstone up for Pat Cherrington, a member of the Dillinger...
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everh@...
ohtrophyhunted
May 3, 2006 5:17 pm
In a message dated 5/3/2006 7:26:10 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ellenpoulsen@... writes: Members of gangsterologists contributed generously to the project...
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wjhelmer
maddawghelmer
May 3, 2006 6:12 pm
Eve: Simple. Too many, and they were only victims once. (Forgive me.) Helmer ... From: everh@... To: gangsterologists@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May...
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everh@...
ohtrophyhunted
May 3, 2006 6:41 pm
In a message dated 5/3/2006 2:14:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, wjhelmer@... writes: Eve: Simple. Too many, and they were only victims once. (Forgive me...
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wjhelmer
maddawghelmer
May 3, 2006 8:11 pm
I think that's what most people are--fascinated, not sympathetic. And always historic. As Dr Naismith has said, "Crime Does Not Pay, but it can be a short-cut...
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ellenpoulsen@...
yepoul
May 4, 2006 1:23 am
I understand your feelings and of course, respect your words, Eve. You always hit the mark and I enjoy reading your letters. You have a great insight into...
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everh@...
ohtrophyhunted
May 4, 2006 1:44 am
In a message dated 5/3/2006 9:26:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ellenpoulsen@... writes: So I am in no respect or form, a person who is sympathetic to...
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ellenpoulsen@...
yepoul
May 4, 2006 2:36 am
Dear Eve, Thanks again. Keep researching Bonnie & Clyde and sharing your unique insight with us. Best wishes, Ellen ... From: everh@... To:...
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Mario Gomes
capo_1947
May 4, 2006 2:44 am
Eve and all, I think each person and case should be judged differently.Like say a stone for Hitler?Hell No way! but I think what Ellen has done is remarkable...
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JohnnieDillinger@...
dillinger72234
May 6, 2006 3:10 am
Dear Eve, I respect your opinions on 1930s criminals. I do feel for the victims and their families, but I also feel "Good or Bad" it is all history. And the...
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gangsterologists@yaho...
May 6, 2006 4:53 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the gangsterologists group. File :...
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flapper_1929
May 6, 2006 4:59 am
Newspaper stories indicate that Irving Wexler (alias Waxey Gordon) died on June 24, 1952 while locked up on Alcatraz. Curiously, none of the Alcatraz inmate...
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Robert E. Bates
reb97045
May 6, 2006 5:41 am
Waxey Gordon was serving time in Sing Sing and was under indictment on federal narcotics charges in San Francisco. He was transferred to San Francisco County...
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Pat Downey
pdowney560
May 6, 2006 1:21 pm
He wasn't actually an inmate there. He was on trial in San Fran as part of a national heroin ring and his health took a turn for the worse and he was taken to...
