When Lawmen Go Bad
Marshal Henry Newton Brown robs a Kansas bank.
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11 min readSep 25, 2020
“When not engaged in murder and robbery, Mr. Brown served as a peace officer…He was about twenty-six years old and had probably killed or robbed a man for each year of his age.” — Sterling Gazette, Kansas, May 8, 1884
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