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From Boniface to Bank Burglar; Or, The Price of Persecution / How a Successful Business Man, Through the Miscarriage of Justice, Became a Notorious Bank Looter

Chapter 1: FROM BONIFACE TO BANK BURGLAR
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The memoir recounts a prosperous entrepreneur's descent into organized bank burglary after a perceived miscarriage of justice, tracing his transformation from hotel proprietor and businessman to fugitive and prison inmate. It blends chronological episodes—failed prosecutions, vigilante persecution, elaborate burglary plots, accomplices' betrayals, detailed accounts of heists and methods, arrests and prison life—with reflections on motives, corrupt officials, and law enforcement. Interwoven are practical descriptions of criminal techniques, personal regrets, and warnings aimed at both bankers and those tempted by crime, framed as a candid confession and cautionary tale.

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Title: From Boniface to Bank Burglar; Or, The Price of Persecution

Author: George M. White

Release date: August 24, 2018 [eBook #57760]

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FROM BONIFACE TO BANK BURGLAR; OR, THE PRICE OF PERSECUTION ***

George Miles White

FROM BONIFACE TO
BANK BURGLAR

OR

THE PRICE OF PERSECUTION

HOW A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN, THROUGH
THE MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE, BECAME
A NOTORIOUS BANK LOOTER

BY

GEORGE M. WHITE
Alias GEORGE BLISS

BELLOWS FALLS, VT.
TRUAX PRINTING COMPANY
1905


Copyright, 1905,
By B. F. SLEEPER, Westminster, Vt.

Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.