Jesse James Bank robbery???Where all has Jesse James robbed banks at I heard he robbed a bank in Huntsville,Al and was wondering if it was true |
Jesse James Bank robbery???Where all has Jesse James robbed banks at I heard he robbed a bank in Huntsville,Al and was wondering if it was true |
I dont find it on any references Ive seen listing his bank robberies, not that that means anything.The James -younger gang was blamed for every robbery commited that no one knew who did,and for that reason a lot of historian, dis-included any that werent absolutely proven to be them,probably any larger list has a few they didnt do still on it and surely there were some they left off.Frank and Jesse were in alabama ,and were accused of robbing the bank in mussel shoals,not a huge reach for the story to have changed and became huntsville in the retelling over the last 150yrs,they were aquittted of the M-S robbery,but they were in alabama and went from farm house to farm house for meals and such like any other traveling folks.
when I was a small boy 5 or 6 I think 1951 or1952 we when to a bank in Huntsville , Ala . The Bank had a horse shoe above the door and it was told to me that it came from one of the horses from Jesse James when they rob the Bank.
I just spent a pleasant half-hour reviewing a book I recently read about Jesse James. I never found a reference to him robbing a bank in Alabama.
You'd need to read one of the books yourself to know "where all" he robbed banks. There are a lot of places where he robbed banks, and he also robbed trains, and lived anonymously later in KY and TN.
People still brag about having connections with him, so it's likely that some story got handed down. Doesn't mean he wasn't in the area.
www.crimelibrary.com/americana/jesse
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/james
Check these 2 out they may give you the info you want.