03078nam 2200613 a 450 991045662690332120200520144314.01-60344-407-6(CKB)2550000000039762(OCoLC)747411368(CaPaEBR)ebrary10482291(SSID)ssj0000537007(PQKBManifestationID)12205762(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537007(PQKBWorkID)10553069(PQKB)11531110(MiAaPQ)EBC3038025(Au-PeEL)EBL3038025(CaPaEBR)ebr10482291(EXLCZ)99255000000003976220110103d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGangster tour of Texas[electronic resource] /T. Lindsay Baker1st ed.College Station Texas A&M University Press20111 online resource (351 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-60344-258-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Bonnie and Clyde slept here : on the trail of the Barrow Gang -- Four brothers in crime : the Newton Boys, express car and bank robbers of Uvalde -- The Southern Pacific payroll robbery in El Paso : an attempted heist, the murder of an innocent man, and an international prisoner exchange -- Becky Rogers, the flapper bandit -- The Stanton frame-up : killing blameless men for a bounty -- The Santa Claus Bank Robbery -- Captain Charlie and the Rum King of San Antonio -- The Urschel kidnapping : Machine Gun Kelly's foray into Texas -- The Texas and Pacific mail robbery in Fort Worth : robbery, cold-blooded murder, and incarceration on Alcatraz -- The unsolved murder of Frank Nand Singh: immigrant smuggling on the Mexican border in the 1930s -- The Post morphine ring : dope dealing at the edge of the Caprock -- The greatest medical charlatan of them all : Dr. John R. Brinkley and his empire of fraud in Del Rio -- High stakes gambling underground at Top O'Hill Terrace -- Bascom Giles : bribery at the highest levels in the Texas General Land Office -- The Houston Police dope scandal : selling heroin back to the dealers -- Two brothers and gaming over Gulf waters: the end of the gangster era in Texas.Organized crimeTexasHistory20th centuryGangstersTexasHistory20th centuryGangstersHomes and hauntsTexasHeritage tourismTexasTexasHistory, LocalTexasDescription and travelElectronic books.Organized crimeHistoryGangstersHistoryGangstersHomes and hauntsHeritage tourism364.106/609764Baker T. Lindsay920165MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456626903321Gangster tour of Texas2192145UNINA