Elmer McCurdy wanted to be an outlaw in the worst way….and that’s what he became…an outlaw in the worst way. His criminal career was distinguished by misfortune. His first two robberies were bungled burglaries. He used too much explosives and destroyed the safes and the contents. Then he decided to try his luck at robbing trains. On March 30th, 1911, at Lenapah, Oklahoma, McCurdy and two friends attempted to rob the Iron Mountain Railroad and again he overestimated the amount of nitroglyce
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