Butch Busts his First Bank

Cassidy grabs the cash in Idaho.

August 13, 1896. Butch Cassidy, Elzy Lay and Bub Meeks hold up the bank in Montpelier, Idaho. They get away with up to $15,000. Meeks is the only one caught (and sent to prison for the crime). The outlaws used what would become signature escape strategies: they scouted the area for about two weeks prior to the stickup; they placed relays of horses along the route; and they used cloth or leather to cover the horse’s hooves; etc.