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The Jesse James Bank Museum, on the square in Liberty, Missouri, is the site of the first daylight bank robbery in the United States in peacetime. The museum is managed by Clay County along with the James Farm Home and Museum outside of Kearney. [80]
The Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri, was robbed on February 13, 1866, making it one of the earliest documented daylight bank robberies.The robbers escaped with at least $60,000 (equivalent to $1,249,000 in 2023 [2]) and killed a bystander outside.
[87] [85] They wanted immunity for themselves and all others involved, and $2.6 million for return of the artwork, which would be sent to an offshore bank account at the same time the art was handed over. [85] If the museum was interested in negotiating, they should print a coded message in The Boston Globe. [88]
February 13 – The first daylight bank robbery in United States history during peacetime takes place in Liberty, Missouri. This is considered to be the first robbery committed by Jesse James and his gang, although James role is disputed. February 26 – The Calaveras Skull is discovered in California.
State authorities believed that Clement planned and led the first daylight peacetime armed bank robbery in U.S. history when he held up the Clay County Savings Association on February 13, 1866. The bank was run by the leading citizens of Clay County, who had just held a public meeting for their association.
Historian Dan Cherry received a lot of feedback on his recent columns about early 1900s bank robberies. This week, he recounts an Addison robbery. Lenawee County History: Eyewitnesses add detail ...
The accused would be-thief entered a bank in Loveland, Colo. around 5 p.m. on Dec. 17 and went straight to the teller, who he handed a note, according to the Loveland Police Department.
Beginning in 1866, Clement and his supporters turned to bank robbery, especially of banks associated with Missouri Unionists.On February 13, a group of gunmen carried out the first daylight, peacetime, armed bank robbery in U.S. history when they held up the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri, stealing more than $58,000 in cash and bonds.