EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source as a history column in 2016. Back in the 1980s an older woman in Mansfield was interviewed to learn more about the 1930s, when she operated an Auto Park of tourist cabins on State Route 430 east of town. She noted, almost casually, that she had […]
Pretty Boy Floyd
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Was a woman the brains behind 1933 Fredericktown bank robbery?
FREDERICKTOWN — The news this week of a bank robbery in Centerburg reminded me of Knox County’s infamous 1934 bank robbery in Gambier by members of John Dillinger’s gang, which we’ve talked about here before. A lesser-known event, though, is the robbery that took place on Dec. 30, 1933, in Fredericktown. Digging into the story proves […]
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Native Son: Pretty Boy Floyd & Christmas in Mansfield 1930
Back in the 1980s, former Richland Source historian Tim McKee interviewed an old woman in Mansfield because to learn more about the 1930s, when she operated an Auto Park of tourist cabins on Route 430 east of town. She told him, almost casually, that she had once given a room to a famous gangster. When […]