I love BANK ROBBERS
Just 2 more weeks left before my new semester.Seneng banget rasanya, trus... next week, temen2 gw yang wkt SD mo ngadain reuni!!! ketemu deh ama mereka... yaps.. udah 2 taon lebih ngga ketemu.. rasanya seperti berabad2.. ngga sabar (>_<).
Sambil menunggu datangnya minggu depan... beberapa hari ini, gw punya hobby baru. Sekarang lagi ngumpulin data2nya WORLD'S FAMOUS BANK ROBBERS. Ga habis2nya cari data ttg mereka.. dan target gw itu para robbers sekitar taon 1910-1950.. Ngga tau knapa, tapi rasanya tergila2 banget sama mereka. Orang2 jenius.. Favorite gw "THE 4 NEWTON BROTHERS" : Willis, Willie "Doc", Jess and Joe Newton from Ulvade, Texas. The polite and kind village boys who always say "Please" and "Thank you" and never kill or hurt people even after they became robbers. Yah pokoknya kemanapun mereka pergi, mereka selalu ramah, sampe orang ngga percaya mereka robbers deh! They became the train and bank robbers from 1914 through 1924, and went down in history as taking more money, bonds, and bank notes than any of the other famous gangs.They robbed 87 banks and 6 trains during their notorious career. Dan yang terhebat yang pernah tercatat dalam sejarah, waktu mereka rob a train that went from Chicago and ran away with $3MILLION in 1924 [OR ABOUT $32 MILLION kalo dihitung nilai Dollar jaman sekarang.. di rupiahkan jadi sekitar RP 288,000,000,000,000]!!! (ijo nih mata gw... $_$) Hebat.. mereka sebenernya bisa lari waktu itu, tapi WILLIE ke'tembak KALIBER 45 5 kali (dan masih bisa bertahan hidup!!!! semangatnya itu...) dan akhirnya... beberapa bulan kemudian.. mereka ketangkep.. Willis ama kembarannya Willie dipenjara 12 tahun, Jess 1 tahun dan joe 3 tahun...
Posted by Ja
Ne-Fe . Saturday, June 26, 2004 @ 9:20:00 pm |
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