JAKE FLEAGLE – mastermind of the Fleagle Gang. His identity was discovered after he left a fingerprint on the window of a car. After a botched bank robbery in Lamar, Colorado, Jake Fleagle was shot in a separate gunfight with police while resisting arre

The Fleagle Gang: rime, capture, and the stories that remain

Wed, 03/04/2026 - 1:59pm

In the recently-published article on the robbery of the Farmers & Drovers Bank on March 2, 1926, the author promised a sequel describing the ultimate fate of the Fleagle brothers gang, and relating details acquired from a number of visitors at the Trail Days Cafe & Museum.On May 23, 1928,

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