William Rudolph, known as the Missouri Kid, was a handsome con man and bank robber who kept lawmen on their toes in the early 1900s. Born in 1883, he grew up in a rotting, isolated house near Stanton in Missouri's remote Franklin County.
As a boy, Rudolph was constantly in trouble. He had a brilliant mind but often got into fights at school, and by age 15 he
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