Interesting gun history in Cisco is on display

[vmax]

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Guns used in Santa Claus Robbery on display in Cisco



I've lived in this area for 35 years and never knew about this.

It involves the last public lynching in Texas

 

[Moonpie]

Santa Claus Bank Robbery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Dawico]

Good post (s). I have never heard about that before.

 

[vmax]

"During this period in Texas, three or four banks were being robbed every day, and in response, the Texas Bankers Association had offered a $5,000 reward to anyone shooting a bank robber during the crime."

5 large in the 1920s was big money!

 

[Shotgun Jeremy]

Good thread!

 

[Charlie]

Pretty cool! I wish they had shown more and better pics of the guns!

 

[vmax]

I think I'll try to get other there and seem them on my way through