May 22, 1867, 2:00 pm. twelve men arrived on the town square of Richmond, Missouri from different directions, congregating in front of the Hughes & Wasson Bank. Four men dismount and enter the bank while eight others waited and watched nervously.
This was a particularly brutal robbery. Mayor John B. Shaw was shot fatally in the chest, a young man Frank S. Griffin, shot in forehead, and B. G. Griffin shot in the head and again as he fell to his death while coming to the aid of his dying son.
The robbery is believed to have netted $ 4,000.00.
Trains, Banks, Stagecoaches. . .
The Desparados.
The Victims.
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