Whatever happened to the $97,000 from the Reno Gang’s last heist? This is one of those “find the money” stories. And it’s one that has attracted...
Where Did the Loot Go?
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Frank Reno
April Fools!
Hoosier outlaws pull a fast one on their jailers. On this date in 1868, those words are written above a hole in the wall of the Council Bluffs, Iowa...
The Night of Blood
The lynching of Indiana’s Reno Gang. December 12, 1868. Approximately 50 masked men travel from Seymour, Indiana to New Albany. They quickly capture...
The Last Straw
The final Reno Gang robbery leads to its demise. May 22, 1868. Outlaw Frank Reno leads a group of men to rob an Ohio & Mississippi train at...
Innocent, but Lynched? Will Reno died without evidence of his guilt.
The vigilantes were determined when they entered the New Albany, Indiana jail on December 12, 1868. The targets: four members of the Reno Gang,...
April Fools! The Reno Gang played a trick on the Pinkertons.
Indiana outlaw Frank Reno and two of his gang members were in a Council Bluffs, Iowa jail at the end of March 1868. They had robbed three county...