Accomplice
Harvey Bailey
- Born
- 23 August 1887
- Died
- 1 March 1979, aged about 92
- Record
- Wikidata Q5677031 · Wikipedia
Accomplice in The Urschel Kidnapping
Bank robber found at the Shannon farm with ransom money; convicted and sentenced to life, though his actual part in the kidnapping is doubted.
1933 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Paradise, Wise County, Texas · Convicted
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Dated events
Agents raid the Shannon farm at Paradise, Texas, arresting the Shannons and Harvey Bailey; Bates is arrested in Denver.
Bailey escapes from the Dallas County jail but is recaptured within hours.
A federal jury in Oklahoma City convicts Bates, Bailey, the Shannons and two money changers.
Bates, Bailey and Robert and Ora Shannon are sentenced to life imprisonment.