But already twelve years earlier, an equally historic bank heist took place on the main square of Linköping. The looting of Östgöta Enskilda bank was subsequently for many years renowned as the largest in history.
– It was one of the first and while the biggest bank robbery in history. The approach was really quite simple. Above the door frame hung there a key to the bank, only you know about it so it was no problem to enter, says Kristina Grahm, curator of collections, archives and exhibitions at the Open Air Museum Gamla Linköping.
Total stolen over 80 million in today’s value at the robbery. Linkoping residents were shocked by the theft, something like that had never happened in Sweden in the past.
– At that time there were not even any penalty rate for the type of crime. But a year later, a new law as a result of this robbery, says Kristina Grahm.
To get while the perpetrators were Linkoping Police ask for gain from Norrköping own Sherlock Holmes, Inspector PM Larsson. Dressed oxhandlare he visited the local pubs to find clues. And already one week after his arrival was the crime solved.
The brain behind should have been Corporal Nils Battle. He was arrested along with Smith Lars Ekstrom and former police superintendent Johan Isaksson.
Nils Battle forced to emigrate to the United States, where he was hanged later accused two murders in the state of Iowa. Smith and provincial fiscal jailed after having endured both lashes and a time of shame stock.
Jesse James was betrayed and killed by an accomplice in 1882, an event that has given title to the Brad Pitt movie “The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford “(2007). In fact, James was not even 35 years old, but the movie screen, the series and the books he rides then continue to this day.
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