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| The June 1974 issue of Zane Grey Western Magazine carries a story titled "The Notorious Oklahoma Bank Robbers," written by Frank Warner. The story concerns a bank robber named Robert Burns who in 1912 led a gang in a series of night-time burglaries of banks in which nitro was used on the bank safe. The gang was alleged to have included Burns, the nitro man, along with George Hollingsworth, Jimmie Morgan, Ed Hoskins, Homer F. Richards, Floyd Humbert, Henry Wells, and Lige Higgins. Henry Wells is alleged to have made the claim that he took part in 32 of these bank burglaries. Burns continued to operate all across the state, through 1914. Once captured, he testified against the other gang members. According to the story, Burns was visited in jail by Bill Tilghman. Burns described to Tilghman his technique in using nitro to blow the safes. I thought I had seen just about everything that had been written about Henry Wells and Bill Tilghman, but this is the first time I have ever heard of Robert Burns. If anyone out there is familiar with Henry Wells, you will likely agree with me that nothing Wells may have said can be accepted as the truth. Henry Starr was the leading daylight bank robber of the time period. If this story can be believed, it would seem that Robert Burns was the leading night-time bank burglar of the time period. Has anyone ever heard of Robert Burns? |
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