getaway cars and had inherited from Jesse James the title of the
region’s most infamous outlaw. The Arizona Republican said that
Spencer, with his “diseased mind and a misguided love of
adventure,” appealed to the “portion of the population of the
country that fed on false idolatry.” Members of his gang, including
Dick Gregg and Frank “Jelly” Nash, were themselves ranked
among the most dreaded outlaws of the day.
Lawmen seize a moonshine still in Osage County in 1923. Credit 9