I forwarded Cathy Joynt Labath's post on the Quimby bank robbers to the White list and received this back on the White list. Thought it was interesting about the robbers' reactions. Jan Nelson To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:18:31 -0600 Subject: Re: [WHITE] White- Quimby bank robber 1904 This bank robbery info was interesting reading, but never caught my interest because I knew /hoped my husband's WHITE ancestors had never been to Iowa, except his father as a traveling salesmen who was too strait laced to rob a bank. Then it dawned on me that my side of the family had a connection to this bank robbery, and I knew that somewhere I had a Quimby 75 year anniversary book that had this info in it. This book has quite an interesting write up on the robbery in it that had occurred Dec. 16, 1903. Briefly- when the robbers escaped, they stole a horse team, buggy, harness from the brother of my great grandfather. Great grandfather was Ira Crawford, and his brother, Henry, had a stable barn near the bank in Quimby from whom they stole the team and buggy. Ira Crawford was a farmer, and Henry had a general store in Quimby and his wife Eva (Clites) was a dressmaker and hatmaker and had a little room in the store. Charles White was called; Charles "Jersey Slim" White, There are a number of pages on the topic, it likely could be order through inter library loan from Cherokee, IA, The article says, Jan. 19, 1904, only 36 days from their crime, the prisoners were taken to Anamosa to start serving their 7 year sentences. A 4th robber-Wilson , remained behind in the county jail in Cherokee, IA. One of the robbers took the authories over their escape route to Plymouth Co. IA where they had hidden the money in a haystack on the Henderson place. The robbers had only spent about $500 of the money. ---------------------- > .The article in the Qimby Anniversary book said-- "....the four men had been very quite and peaceful (in the county jail) until they received their sentences, .....opened up the batteries on Tuesday and the quiet of the jail was changed to something akin to pandemonium. .........they did so in language that would not look well in print. White was the most savage of the quartet. He was sore at Dunning and Hicks for being captured and getting them all into it." "Just think of it, he (White) shouted, "All captured and in a little country jail." > --so they weren't "completely" indifferent!!!!