Willis Newton The True Story Of The Notorious Newton Gang
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Willis Newton
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Author : G. R. Williamson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-03-20
Willis Newton written by G. R. Williamson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-20 with categories.
Willis Newton and his brothers robbed over 70 banks and 6 trains. In 1924, they robbed a train and got away with $3 million dollars. A few months before Willis died, the author interviewed him. Using what Willis had told him and a large amount of historical research, this book tells the true story of the notorious Newton Gang.
Willis Newton
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Author : G. R. Williamson
language : en
Publisher: Indian Head Publishing
Release Date : 2021-01-20
Willis Newton written by G. R. Williamson and has been published by Indian Head Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-20 with History categories.
This the true story of Willis Newton and his outlaw gang who robbed trains and over seventy banks—more than Jessie James, the Daltons, and all of the rest of the Old West outlaws—combined. They robbed a number of banks at gunpoint, but their specialty was hitting banks in the middle of the night and blowing the vaults with nitroglycerine. One frigid night in January of 1921 they even hit two banks, back to back, in Hondo, Texas. Their biggest haul occurred in 1924 when they robbed a train outside of Rondout, Illinois—getting away with $3,000,000. They still hold the record for the biggest train robbery in U.S. history. G.R. Williamson interviewed Willis Newton in 1979 at his home in Uvalde, Texas. A few months later the outlaw died at age 90. With a tape recorder running, Newton rattled off the well-practiced account of his life in machine gun fashion—rationalizing everything he had done, blaming others for his imprisonments, and repeatedly claiming that he had only stolen from “other thieves.” Speaking in a high-pitched raspy voice, Willis was quite articulate in telling his stories—a master of fractured grammar. He spoke in a rapid fire jailhouse prose using a wide range of criminal jargon that was sometimes difficult to follow but Williamson kept his tape recorder running, changing cassettes as fast as possible. The taped interview revealed the quintessence of a criminal mind. Everything he had done was justified by outside forces, “Nobody ever give me nothing. All I ever got was hell!” Over the course of the interview, Willis told how he was raised as a child in the hard scrabble of West Texas and how he was first arrested for a crime “that they knowed I didn’t do.” He went into detail about his first bank holdup, how he “greased” safes with nitroglycerine, robbed trains, and evaded the lawmen that came after him. Willis described robbing banks throughout Texas and a large number of mid-western states, including another back-to-back bank heist in Spencer, Indiana. Eventually he recounted the events of the Toronto Bank Clearing House robbery in 1923 and finally the great train robbery outside of Rondout, Illinois. He went into great detail about the beatings he and his brothers took from the Chicago police when they were later captured. As he told the story his face reddened and his voice rose to a high pitched screech until he had to pause to catch his breath. Then lowering his voice he described how he had managed to negotiate a crafty deal with a postal inspector for reduced prison sentences for himself and his brothers by revealing where the loot was hidden. He told about his prison years at Leavenworth and his illegal businesses he ran in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after he got out of prison in 1929. He complained bitterly about being sent back to prison in McAlester, Oklahoma, for a bank robbery “they knowed I didn’t do,” in Medford. Willis took great pride in saying that, “We never killed nobody, we was just in it for the money. Sure, we shot a few people but we never killed a single man.” During his extensive research, Williamson uncovered evidence to dispel this myth that Willis insisted upon until his death. Now Williamson, using transcripts from his interviews with Willis and others who knew the outlaw, first-hand accounts from eye witnesses, newspaper articles, police records, and trial proceedings, tells the true story of The Last Texas Outlaw—Willis Newton.
The Great 3 000 000 Train Robbery
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Author : G. R. Williamson
language : en
Publisher: Indian Head Publishing
Release Date : 2021-05-16
The Great 3 000 000 Train Robbery written by G. R. Williamson and has been published by Indian Head Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-16 with History categories.
This the true story of Willis Newton and his outlaw gang who robbed trains and over seventy banks—more than Jessie James, the Daltons, and all of the rest of the Old West outlaws—combined. Their biggest haul occurred in 1924 when they robbed a train outside of Rondout, Illinois—getting away with $3,000,000. They still hold the record for the biggest train robbery in U.S. history. G.R. Williamson interviewed Willis Newton a few months before the outlaw died in 1979 at age 90, then using transcripts from his interviews, first-hand accounts from eye witnesses, newspaper articles, police records, and trial proceedings - Williamson tells the true story of The Great $3,000,000 Train Robbery.
The Last Train Robber
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Author : W. C. Jameson
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2020-03-24
The Last Train Robber written by W. C. Jameson and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-24 with True Crime categories.
One of the most colorful parts of American History is the time of train robberies and the daring outlaws who undertook them in the period covering from just after the Civil War to 1924. For decades, the railroads were the principal transporters of payrolls, gold and silver, bonds, and passengers who often carried large sums of money as well as valuable jewelry. For the creative outlaw, trains became an obvious target for robbery. Willis Newton has never enjoyed the recognition and fame of the better known train robbing outlaws such as Frank and Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, the Daltons, and the Doolins, but he was the most prolific and successful train robber in the history of North America. Newton stole more money from the railroads than all of the others put together. During his lifetime, Newton robbed six trains and an estimated eighty banks, pulled off the greatest train robbery ever, netting $3,000,000, yet remains virtually unknown. So unknown was he that, despite all of his success as a robber, he was rarely identified as a suspect. Following his greatest heist, Newton and his gang member, composed of his brothers, were arrested, tried, convicted, and sent to serve long terms at Leavenworth Prison. When they were granted early release for good behavior, they lost no time in returning to robbing banks. Willis Newton’s life and times as America’s greatest, and last, train robber has been gleaned and developed from extensive interviews he granted during the 1970s when he was in his eighties. In addition, newspaper reports of his numerous train and bank robberies have been obtained and researched for precise details of robberies and pursuit.
The Newton Boys
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Author : Claude Stanush
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Newton Boys written by Claude Stanush and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Bank robberies categories.
The four Newton brothers are members of a poor farm family in the 1920s. The oldest of them, Willis, one day realizes that there's no future in the fields and persuades his brothers to become bank robbers.
The Newton Boys
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Author : Willis Newton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994-01-01
The Newton Boys written by Willis Newton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Information for the book told to Claude Stanush & David Middleton.
Girl In The Grave
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Author : Carlton Stowers
language : en
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Release Date : 2017-02-23
Girl In The Grave written by Carlton Stowers and has been published by Crossroad Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-23 with True Crime categories.
Engrossed by the short lives of innocent victims, Stowers uses The Girl in the Grave … and Other True Crime Stories to tell the tales of devastated parents dealing with evil forces and unanswered questions that invaded their once normal lives, and the effect on the law enforcement officers duty-bound to involve themselves in such evil and troubling situations, investigating and seeking resolve and justice.
Wrong Side Of The Law
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Author : Edward Butts
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2013-07-27
Wrong Side Of The Law written by Edward Butts and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-27 with True Crime categories.
No matter where the atrocities were committed and no matter what the circumstances, criminal gangs such as the Hyslop, the Polka Dot, and the Newton Brothers outfits all had one thing in common: they lived on the wrong side of the law. From across Canada, Edward Butts presents an all-new selection of desperadoes.
Unsolved Texas Mysteries
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Author : Wallace O. Chariton
language : en
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Release Date : 1992-05
Unsolved Texas Mysteries written by Wallace O. Chariton and has been published by Taylor Trade Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-05 with History categories.
What happened to the documents captured in the Alamo? Does a ghost actually haunt the state capitol in Austin? Was John Wilkes Booth killed or did he escape and flee to Central Texas? The authors present the known facts and circumstances of these and other mysteries.
Go Down Together
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Author : Jeff Guinn
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-12-25
Go Down Together written by Jeff Guinn and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-25 with True Crime categories.
From the moment they first cut a swathe of crime across 1930s America, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker have been glamorised in print, on screen and in legend. The reality of their brief and catastrophic lives is very different -- and far more fascinating. Combining exhaustive research with surprising, newly discovered material, author Jeff Guinn tells the real story of two youngsters from a filthy Dallas slum who fell in love and then willingly traded their lives for a brief interlude of excitement and, more important, fame. Thanks in great part to surviving relatives of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, who provided Guinn with access to never-before-published family documents and photographs, this book reveals the truth behind the myth, told with cinematic sweep and unprecedented insight by a master storyteller.