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Nov 8, 2014 · Carlisle, whose face was hidden under a white bandanna, leapt from the train about three miles from Rock Springs, Wyo. He landed and rolled near the moving wheels, so close that his glass gun shattered against the rails. The gain from the robbery was only $52.35, but news of the “White Masked Bandit” spread quickly.
Bill Carlisle [note 1] born in Chester County in Pennsylvania in 1890, the youngest of five children born to David Cottrell, a 60-year-old Civil War veteran and his 37-year-old wife Salome Lentz Cottrell. Some sources claim he was born as Walter Lawrence Cottrell. His mother died when he was nine months old and because of his father's ill ...
Feb 7, 2022 · There is an oral history interview Carlisle recorded in 1960 (see above), articles about Carlisle in the Clarice Whittenburg papers, and Carlisle’s book, Bill Carlisle Lone Bandit, An Autobiography in the National Association for Outlaw and Lawman History collection. Post contributed by AHC Writer Kathryn Billington. #alwaysarchiving
Feb 9, 2018 · Carlisle was imprisoned in Rawlins for 16 more years. While there, he met Reverend Gerard Schellinger, a local Catholic priest who encouraged the outlaw to go straight. Carlisle earned parole and was released on January 8, 1936. The reckless young man had now settled into middle age. Carlisle opened a cigar shop and newsstand in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
Jun 16, 2018 · The story of Laramie’s Bill Carlisle (1890-1964) reads like an Old West novel. A Pennsylvanian orphan who set out to ride the rails west, Carlisle went from circus work to a life of crime almost overnight. Bill Carlisle, the youngest of five children, grew up in a Pennsylvania orphanage because his father was ailing and his mother had died.
Bill Carlisle~"The White-Masked Bandit" Carlisle was an orphan who came to the Powder River country and was a hard- working cowhand, but decided train robbery was a better way of life. A wanted poster was printed and circulated in Nov, 1919 and a reward of $5,000.00 was offered by Union Pacific Express Co dead or alive for train robbery and ...
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Sep 10, 2010 · Bill Carlisle, Lone Bandit: An Autobiography is a book written by Bill Carlisle, detailing his life as a notorious outlaw and bank robber in the early 20th century. The book covers Carlisle's upbringing in rural Tennessee, his early criminal activities, and his eventual rise to infamy as a member of the notorious Barrow Gang, alongside Bonnie ...
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