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Francis Joel Stratton-The Pomeroy Robbery
Stratton Family Lore-F. J. Stratton, A Series of Anecdotes Prologue This is the first in a series of anecdotes about my...
William F. Stratton
Jan 1, 202228 min read
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The Confession of Davy “Robber” Lewis, 1820 — Abridged — 2020
Edited by James Duncan—1820 Edited by William F. Stratton—2020 Foreword Soon after David Lewis died his confession was published as a...
William F. Stratton
Jun 16, 2021100 min read
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The Atavism Of Abimelech
And How He Rose To The Occasion When The Lynchers Stormed The Jail. By Frank N. Stratton Collier’s, July 15, 1905. Abimelech Crummitt,...
William F. Stratton
Jun 15, 202112 min read
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The Black Mule Mine.
By Frank N. Stratton Munsey’s Magazine, June 1905. Thomas Jefferson Baxter, standing with feet far apart, glared down at William Henry...
William F. Stratton
Jun 15, 20215 min read
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The Warrant For Wilmer.
How The Sheriff Of Almeca County Pursued An Absconder. By Frank N. Stratton Munsey’s Magazine, March 1905. I. As the clock in the tower...
William F. Stratton
Jun 15, 20219 min read
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When The Train Was Held Up
The Strategy of Jim--Last Name Unknown--Who Hated All Combines The Munsey, October 1904. HARLAN, express messenger on No.6, impatiently...
William F. Stratton
Jun 15, 202114 min read
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The Little Brown Man
By Frank N. Stratton The Nickell Magazine, November 1903. Come on, Jack, let the kid go.” “No, indeed. The little fella came near winging...
William F. Stratton
Jun 15, 20216 min read
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Mrs. Rohrer’s Reception.
How The Entertainment At The Home Of A Selfish Husband Came To A Great Success.  By Frank N. Stratton Argosy Magazine, January 1905....
William F. Stratton
Jun 15, 20216 min read
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The Courting Of Molly McCrea
By Frank N. Stratton Munsey’s Magazine, May 1905. From the corners of her roguish black eyes, pretty Molly McCrea, busy among pans and...
William F. Stratton
Jun 15, 20215 min read
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A Little Diplomat.
A Trial For Burglary And Its Unusual Ending. By Frank N. Stratton Munsey’s Magazine, July 1904. I. ROBERT ASHTON looked up from his desk...
William F. Stratton
Jun 15, 202113 min read
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A Deal In Dates.
The Life Of Tom Hardwick, Sheriff Of Montebasco County. By Frank N. Stratton Munsey’s Magazine, April 1904. I. THE sheriff of Montebasco...
William F. Stratton
Jun 15, 202110 min read
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The Woman In The Case.
The Story Of Reddy McGuire And The Sheriff Who Would Not Wait For Him. By Frank N. Stratton Munsey’s Magazine, March 1904. I. Reddy...
William F. Stratton
Jun 15, 20218 min read
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Jimmy's Mother
By Frank N. Stratton Everybody’s Magazine, March 1904. I kain’t understand it. I jest kain’t understand it,” wailed the old woman,...
William F. Stratton
Jun 15, 20214 min read
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Connors, McFee, And Cook
By Frank N. Stratton Munsey’s Magazine, February 1904. I. From the East came Connors, burly, bellicose, and blunt; from the South, McFee,...
William F. Stratton
Jun 14, 20216 min read
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A Romance of Two Grips
By Frank N. Stratton The Valley Weekly, St. Louis, Missouri, January 13, 1904. It might not have happened if Chelmsford hadn’t noticed...
William F. Stratton
Jun 14, 20213 min read
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The Missing Witness
By Frank N. Stratton The Back-Log of New York, September 1903. Alone, in my office, near midnight. I am reviewing my rough notes of the...
William F. Stratton
Jun 14, 20218 min read
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How Idaho Ike Went Into The Show Business
By Frank N. Stratton The Olympian, November 1903. IDAHO IKE, aroused from sweet slumber, wearily drew on a few articles of clothing and...
William F. Stratton
Jun 13, 20216 min read
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How Idaho Ike Organized The King Manufacturing Company
By Frank N. Stratton The Olympian, 1903. “Is Mr. Irick in?” The red-shirted clerk in the local office of the Lucky Fall mine raised his...
William F. Stratton
Jun 13, 20218 min read
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A Question of Evidence
By Frank N. Stratton The Reader Magazine, Volume IV June, 1904 Number 1. I. DAWSON pushed his long fingers through his hair, laid the...
William F. Stratton
Jun 12, 202110 min read
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The Governor's Visitor
Oakes Magazine, Sep 19, 1903. In the ambitious fancies of the governor, gazing through the window near the rear of his desk, the shifting...
William F. Stratton
Jun 12, 20214 min read
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