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The Curse of Outlaw Yantis

The Curse of Outlaw Yantis8 Oct15 min

Send us Fan Mail Halloween night in Spearville, Kansas, arrived with a blizzard so dense it erased the horizon and pressed the cold into the marrow of every bone. The wind rattled the windows of the Ford County Bank, carrying with it the scent of scorched kerosene and the faint, metallic tang of fear. Inside, Oliver Yantis, Bill Doolin, and George "Bittercreek" Newcomb moved with the practiced urgency of men who had robbed banks before. Yantis’s gloved hands shook as he stuffed silver coins a...