• Public Enemies No. 1 and 2: Bank Robbers Bennie and Stella Dickson vs. the G-Men

  • Oct 1 2024
  • Length: 37 mins
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Public Enemies No. 1 and 2: Bank Robbers Bennie and Stella Dickson vs. the G-Men

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  • A man walked into the Corn Exchange Bank at Elkton, South Dakota, on the afternoon of August 25, 1938, and announced, quote, “This is a holdup.” Bennie and Stella Dickson were Depression-era bank robbers and outlaws who successfully stole what authorities then estimated to be more than $50,000 over an eight-month period. They were tagged by the FBI as Public Enemies No. 1 and 2., and J. Edgar Hoover, who led the bureau at that time, compared them to other notorious criminals of the era including John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, “Babyface” Nelson, and “Pretty Boy” Floyd. That's quite a cast of crooks. But were they?

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