Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 29, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Crime, Eccentrics, 1980s
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 21, 2020 -
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Category: Crime, Inventions, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Technology, 1930s
Members of the Wild Bunch nicknamed Laura Bullion "Della Rose", a name she came by after meeting Kid Curry's girlfriend Della Moore. Often, Bullion also was referred to as the "Rose of the Wild Bunch". When her boyfriend Ben Kilpatrick and she fled east to evade the law after a train robbery in 1901, the couple traveled under the names "Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Arnold".[7]
In an arrest report following the train robbery, dated November 6, 1901, Bullion's name is filed as "Della Rose" and her aliases are stated to be "Clara Hays" and "Laura Casey and [Laura] Bullion". The arrest report lists her profession as prostitute.[5] According to a New York Times article, she was "masquerading as 'Mrs. Nellie Rose' at the time of her arrest.[8] The same article also mentions the suspicion that she, "disguised as a boy", might have taken part in a train robbery in Montana. The paper cites Chief of Detectives Desmond: "I would'nt [sic] think helping to hold up a train was too much for her. She is cool, shows absolutely no fear, and in male attire would readily pass for a boy. She has a masculine face, and that would give her assurance in her disguise."[8] Instead of "Clara Hays", Bullion also used "Clare Hayes" or "Clara Hayes" as a version of her alias. Other assumed names she used at that time were "Desert Rose", "Wild Bunch Rose", and "Clara Casey".[7]
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 09, 2020 -
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Category: Crime, Regionalism, Women, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 25, 2020 -
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Category: Crime, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Motor Vehicles, Television, 1980s
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 24, 2020 -
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Category: Crime, Stupid Criminals, 1970s
Victor Barker, born Lillias Irma Valerie Barker (1895–1960), who also went by the pseudonyms John Hill and Geoffrey Norton, was a transgender man who is notable for having married a woman. He was an officer of the National Fascisti, a bankrupt and a convicted criminal.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 24, 2020 -
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Category: Crime, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Gender-bending, Twentieth Century
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jun 14, 2020 -
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Category: Crime, Inventions, Patents, 1920s
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 12, 2020 -
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Category: Crime, Human Marvels, 1970s, Weapons
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 28, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Crime, 1970s
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 27, 2020 -
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Category: Crime, 1970s
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