Aussie Elliott
Aussie Elliott (born 1914 in Oklahoma ; † February 3, 1934 with Sapulpa , Oklahoma) was an American criminal who was among the most wanted criminals during the time of Prohibition , the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl .
Life
Little is known about his youth. Elliott was convicted of bank robbery in 1932, when he was only 18 years old , and imprisoned in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester . However, he managed to escape on August 14 of the same year. Soon after, he joined George Birdwell (1894–1932) and Pretty Boy Floyd , who had been causing fear and horror in Oklahoma for a year and a half with numerous bank robberies and shootings.
On November 1, the three robbed the Sallisaw financial institution for $ 2,530, and on November 7, a raid on the Marlow bank yielded $ 5,500. A heist in Henryetta on the same day with $ 11,352 stolen money is now more likely attributed to Ford Bradshaw (1908–1934). Elliott, Birdwell and Floyd were allegedly recognized by witnesses and the style of the raid is said to have been reminiscent of Floyd's methods, but the police and press focused on Bradshaw as the culprit. The temporal proximity and geographical distance also mean that both crimes could not have been committed by one and the same gang.
Together with his new accomplices Adam Richetti (1909-1938) and Edgar Dunbar , Elliott robbed a bank in Ash Grove ( Missouri ) on January 12, 1933 , the loot was $ 3,000. The trio then went into hiding with Richetti's brother in Bolivar in the same state . Four months later, Elliott was arrested in Creek County , Oklahoma on May 14, but broke out again on October 28. Despite a large-scale police manhunt, he subsequently refused to leave Oklahoma. After the police had cornered him and his two criminal friends Raymond Moore and Eldon Wilson , an exchange of fire broke out on February 3, 1934 near Sapulpa . All three criminals died, as well as Sapulpa's police chief Tom Brumley and the patrol officer Charles Lloyd.
Individual evidence
- ^ Newton, Michael: The encyclopedia of robberies, heists and capers . New York City , 2002, 93.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elliott, Aussie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American criminal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oklahoma |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1934 |
| Place of death | Sapulpa , Oklahoma |