Whittemore Gang [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Whittemore Gang
The Whittemore Gang (February 25, 1925 – March 19, 1926) was a group of bank robbers active in the Mid-Atlantic and Eastern United States during the mid-1920s. Led by Richard Reese Whittemore (September 8, 1901 – August 11, 1926), the gang went on a year-long crime spree committing payroll, bank and jewelry robberies in Maryland and New York before their capture in 1926.
History.
History Early years in Maryland.
Richard Whittemore, a longtime career criminal,
was responsible for the Buffalo robbery, their leader made the news that same month for altogether different reasons when Whittemore allegedly attempted to kill bootlegger Edwin Spike Kinney. Whittemore confronted Kinney at a Baltimore roadhouse on Halloween, accusing him of having an affair with his wife Margaret, and shot him. Kinney later identified Whittemore as his assailant to police.
History Return to New York.
By the end of the year, the Whittemore Gang had returned to New York. On December 2, 1925, they stole $75,000 in diamonds