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The Newton Gang (ca. 1919 through 1924) was an outlaw gang of the early 20th century, who engaged in train robbery and bank robbery. From 1919 through 1924 the gang robbed dozens of banks, claiming a total of seventy-five banks [1] and six trains. [1] According to Willis Newton, the brothers "took in more money than the Dalton Gang, Butch ...
The Newton Boys organization included Doc, the two younger brothers Joe and Jess, and Brentwood Glasscock, an expert with high explosives. The Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal. Willis Newton and his brothers may not be, for most of us, as easily identifiable as Charley Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Or "Baby Face" Nelson. Or John Dillinger. Or Al Capone. They certainly weren't ...
The Newton Gang was a notorious gang of bank and train robbers who operated in the US from 1919 to 1924. Learn about their crimes, their capture, their prison sentences, and the mystery of the missing $100,000 they buried in Texas.
Mar 27, 1998 · The Newton Boys: Directed by Richard Linklater. With Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, Gail Cronauer. The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence.
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The Newton Boys is a 1998 American Western crime film directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Claude Stanush and Clark Lee Walker.It is based on Stanush's 1994 book of the same name, which tells the true story of the Newton Gang, a family of bank and train robbers from Uvalde, Texas.
Jun 25, 2018 · The Newton boys pulled off the largest train robbery in history when they robbed a postal train carrying money from the Federal Reserve. The brothers took over $3 million from the heist. It wasn’t without cost, however. During the robbery gang member Glasscock mistook Dock Newton for an armed guard lurking in the dark.
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May 9, 2007 · The Newton boys were four brothers who robbed banks and trains across the US and Canada, including the biggest train robbery in history. They were captured after a shootout in Illinois and served prison terms in Texas and Kansas.
