Edward Smith (thief)

Edward Smith committed one of the first bank robberies in the United States on March 19, 1831, stealing $245,000 from the City Bank on Wall Street in New York City. He was eventually arrested, convicted, and sentenced to five years in Sing Sing prison.

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Famous quotes containing the words edward and/or smith:

    Let’s go somewhere where we can be alone. Ah, there doesn’t seem to be anyone on this couch.
    Irving Brecher, U.S. screenwriter, and Edward Buzzell. S. Quentin Quale (Groucho Marx)

    No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace, is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas.
    —Alfred E. Smith (1873–1944)