JESSE JAMES D.C. Ep. 2 | "Armed Robbery"

Legends of the Old West

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Arts, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 15 January 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Bank robberies pile up fast in the years after the Civil War. Frank and Jesse learn the tricks of the trade from their old guerilla comrades and then strike out on their own. But in their first solo action, Jesse murders a man in cold blood and earns the wrath of an angry posse. Join Black Barrel+ for early access and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join For more details, visit our website www.blackbarrelmedia.com and check out our social media pages. We’re @OldWestPodcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:08.7	and essential oils from herbs that grow in the Mediterranean sunshine.
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0:26.9	Oh, that takes me straight to the mad.
0:45.9	The first recorded bank heist in American history happened in 1798.
0:52.1	The next major example was in 1831.
0:55.7	Both were burglaries, not robberies,
0:58.5	meaning the bandits did not use force to steal the money.
1:01.9	They were sneak jobs that happened in the middle of the night.
1:05.9	The first recorded armed bank robbery by a civilian
1:09.2	happened during the Civil War in Maldon, Massachusetts in December 1863.
1:15.3	The town's postmaster walked into the local bank,
1:18.4	discovered just one clerk in the building
1:21.0	and shot the young man in the head.
1:23.4	The postmaster took $5,000 from the bank.
1:27.2	And when he began to use it around town to pay off his debts,
1:30.8	people grew suspicious.
1:33.0	He was arrested two months after the crime
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