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Bill Payne and Wash Turner, the state's most notorious outlaws, robbed the Bank of Candor, in Montgomery County, September 29, 1937. Brought to justice by J. Edgar Hoover, the two were executed in 1938 for murdering a state trooper.
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7315
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Bill Payne, called North Carolina's number one outlaw, and his sidekick, Wash Turner (alias Jack Borden) escaped from the Halifax County's Caledonia prison camp on February 1, 1937. The two went on a crime spree that included car theft, kidnapping, and murder. The pair robbed a number of banks across the state, but it was the robbery the Bank of Candor, in Montgomery County, September 29, 1937, that many people remember. Brought to justice in Sanford by G-Men under the supervision of J. Edgar Hoover, the two were executed in 1938 for murdering a state trooper.
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9184
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Peggy Hoffmann was approached by ex-con Frank Watson to help him write his autobiography. One on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List, Watson is now a counselor who works with young offenders to steer them off the course he chose to follow. The book, BEEN THERE AND BACK, is available through John F. Blair Publisher of Winston-Salem.
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12292
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Larimore recounts his 1899 adventure in \"the wilds of Transylvania County\"Â in search of the infamous Redmond, a moonshiner who had killed many revenuers who threatened what he believed to be his basic freedoms.
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