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Crime History: Butch Cassidy commits first major bank heist

By Scott McCabe
Published June 23, 2012 4:00am ET
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Crime History: Butch Cassidy commits first major bank heist
On this day, June 24, in 1889, Butch Cassidy robbed a bank in Telluride, Colo., the first major heist for the outlaw later romanticized as the Robin Hood of the West. Cassidy and three cowboys made off with about $21,000 and escaped to Robbers Roost, a remote hide-out in Utah. By 1896, Cassidy recruited Harry […]

On this day, June 24, in 1889, Butch Cassidy robbed a bank in Telluride, Colo., the first major heist for the outlaw later romanticized as the Robin Hood of the West.

Cassidy and three cowboys made off with about $21,000 and escaped to Robbers Roost, a remote hide-out in Utah.

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