Record #:

2827

Author(s):

Wicker, Jim

Abstract:

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.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 56 Issue 4, Sept 1988, p14-16, il

Subject(s):

Bank robberies--Candor; Outlaws--Biography; Payne, Bill, d. 1938; Turner, Wash, d. 1938