wilkerson, frank

Name variants

Frank Wilkerson

Record count

5

Sources

guardian_abstracts,life_events

Places seen

Mill Spring; Williamsville

First event date

1905-01-27

Last event date

1915-03-03

Timeline — 2 events

• 1915-03-03 Williamsville. With his brother John Wilkerson, formerly of Greenville, broke up a Williamsville State Bank directors' meeting, locked five officials in the bank vault and took about $1,500 in cash; overtaken near Mill Spring on the Iron Mountain road, Frank was shot and tumbled into the river and d… crime · life_events|Dexter Statesman 1915-03-03 clip ds-1911-1930-jpg-ds-19150303-p1
• 1915-03-03 Mill Spring. Bank robber shot by a posse while fleeing near Mill Spring; hit while climbing a fence overlooking Black River, tumbled into the river and drowned; $600 of the loot was on his body, which had not been found at this writing [date from clip_id] Co-mentioned: John Wilkerson. Quote: "Frank… death / obituary · life_events|Dexter Statesman 1915-03-03 clip ds-1911-1930-jpg-ds-19150303-p2

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