Volume 16 , Issue 3

Bold Robbery of Pittsburg Bank (1914)

One hundred years ago, 20 January 1914, Tuesday, The Daily Ardmoreite, reported on a "Bold Robbery Of Pittsburg Bank." Two masked men robbed the bank then galloped out of town as the posse pursued.

Pittsburg, OK, Jan. 20 (1914) -- Two bandits rode up to the State Bank in Pittsburg, Oklahoma on this day, forcing the cashier into the vault at pistol point, riffled it of coin, placed their loot in a sack and galloped safely out of town. The bank officials claim that only a few hundred dollars was taken. Other reports say that several thousand dollars was taken by the robbers.

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