Elmer McCurdy
Brigands and robbers
Mummies
Criminals, biography
United states, history, 20th century
Outlaws
New York Times reviewed
Biography
History
Born 1880. Shot dead 1911. Buried 1997. In life Elmer McCurdy was a plumber-cum-miner who jumped a train and drifted west across America on the back of an infectious, turn-of-the-century optimism. He was a drunk too and, soon enough, a failed outlaw. In 1911, after a short spree of failed robberies,…
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