STOP it's Hamer Time in Texas

In May 1928 Texas, the Texas Bankers’ Association’s $5,000 bounty for dead bank robbers controversy raged as Ranger Captain Frank Hamer exposed a “murder machine” and drew parallels to Apache and Comanche scalp bounties as innocent men are gunned down and evidence of framing mounts. Meanwhile, real bank robbers tested the system with the Leonard National Bank heist, plus a lightning-fast conviction sent Jack Long away for 99 years, Aubrey Ray racked up over 300 years in sentences, and the Yancy Story trial continued. Other stories included a penitent North Carolina robber, Tennessee bank fraud arrests, and an unsolved Mississippi vault job that left bloodhounds baffled. My book, Central Florida's Most Notorious Gangsters https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/pro... Texas 1928 bank robberies Texas Bankers Association bounty Frank Hamer murder machine bank bounty controversy Leonard National Bank heist Aubrey Ray 99 year sentence Jack Long capture El Paso Yancy Story trial Wildorado Bank robbery 1920s bank crime wave Check us out on X/Twitter @DecadesHeistory