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Last week my Third Thursday’s book club discussed the book SUTTON by J.R. Moehringer. The author noted at the beginning that when Willie Sutton was finally released from prison on Christmas Eve 1969, he only granted one interview to a reporter the next day. The reporter and the photographer and Sutton are now gone, and as he said, what happened that day and in the preceding years is anyone’s guess. So he wrote a fictional account of Willie Sutton’s life with what facts he could find. He added sections in italics about Willie the day after he was released with the reporter and photographer. He ends the beginning comment with “This book is my guess. But it’s also my wish.”
Some background from Wikipedia – which also gave a disclaimer that all facts might not be true.
Willie Sutton was born June 30, 1901 into an Irish-American family in a Polish
neighborhood in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. He was the fourth of five children, and did not go beyond 8th grade of school. He turned to crime at an early age, though throughout
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Just Like Willie Sutton, You Can Bank On It
What did Willie Sutton Do? He robbed banks. But he wasn’t afraid to rob other places.
The Willie Sutton Rule
When asked by a reporter about why he stole from banks, Sutton answered, “Because that’s where the money is.” It should be noted that Sutton denied ever saying that.
Read more about The Willie Sutton Rule
Early Years
William Francis “Willie” Sutton attended school through eighth grade and then left home to find a job.
The Beginning of a Career
Sutton began his criminal career in 1919 at the age of 18 when he and two others stole $16,000. The three were soon caught. No charges were filed against them because of a family friendship.
As an aside, it makes one wonder if Sutton would have pursued a criminal career had he been forced to pay for his first crime when he was only 18.
An Unusual Criminal
Even though a robber, Sutton had the reputation of being a gentleman; people present at his robberies said he was quite polite. Sutton was also very well dressed.
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Willie Sutton
American bank robber (1901–1980)
For other people with the same name, see William Sutton.
| Willie Sutton | |
|---|---|
| Charges | Bank robbery |
| Born | William Francis Sutton Jr. (1901-06-30)June 30, 1901 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 2, 1980(1980-11-02) (aged 79) Spring Hill, Florida, U.S. |
| Added | March 20, 1950 |
| Caught | February 1952 |
| Number | 11 |
| Captured | |
William Francis Sutton Jr. (June 30, 1901 – November 2, 1980) was an American bank robber.[1] During his forty-year robbery career he stole an estimated $2 million, and he eventually spent more than half of his adult life in prison and escaped three times. For his talent at executing robberies in disguises, he gained two nicknames, "Willie the Actor" and "Slick Willie". Sutton is also known as the namesake of the so-called Sutton's law, although he denied originating it.[2]
Early life
Sutton was born into an Irish-American family on June 30, 1901 in Brooklyn, New York to William Francis Sutton Sr., a blacksmith, and Mary Ellen Bowles.[3&#
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