Infamous
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Infamous
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James Gang Connection
The Jesse James Gang conduct the first successful train robbery in the American West on July 21, 1873. Related through
Jeremiah Vardeman's first wife, Elizabeth James.
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Bank Robbery
in 1920's in New York
Mr. John W. Vardeman and Mrs. Bertha Vardeman,known as Ferne
Hollis on the Vaudeville stage, arrested for theft of $500,000 worth
of Liberty bonds from Chase National Bank in New York. John
sentenced to four to eight years in Sing Sing and Bertha to one and
a half years to three years in women's prison in Auburn. |
Bank Embezzlement
Otho H. Vardeman
Otho H Vardeman caught embezzling from People's Bank & Trust in
Shelbyville, Kentucky where he worked as a cashier.
He gambled with bank money over three to four years and lost over
$60,000. |
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