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Gardner, Roy, 1884 or 1886-1940

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Personal name headingGardner, Roy, 1884 or 1886-1940
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Variant(s)Gardner, Roy, 1884 or 6-1940
Gardner, Roy, robber
King of the Escape Artists
Mail Train Bandit
Smiling Bandit
Found inRoy Gardner, my story ; Hellcatraz, 2000 t.p. (Roy Gardner); p. 3 (b. Jan. 5, 1886, Trenton, Mo.); p. 151-152 (obit.--Roy Gardner, 56, d. Jan. [11], 1940, San Francisco; suicide by cyanide)
Wikipedia, Jan. 26, 2007 (Roy Gardner (bank robber); Jan. 5, 1884-Jan. 10, 1940; infamous escape artist & celebrated outlaw, most wanted gangster of 1921; "Smiling Bandit," "Mail Train Bandit," & "King of the Escape Artists;" most hunted man in Pacific Coast history; first? to escape "escape-proof" McNeil Island Federal Prison [Wash.], leading U.S. Gov't to build federal prison on Alcatraz Island)