The Reno Gang

The question often comes up, which outlaw gang pulled in the most booty. Most believe it was Frank, Jesse and the Younger brothers or the Daltons. Actually it was the four Reno brothers of Indiana. Their long criminal record began around 1851 with such things as crooked card games, burglary and arson. During the Civil War they pulled a con on the Union Army as “bounty jumpers.” The Army paid a bounty for enlisting. They’d sign up, take the bounty and desert. They’d go to another area and