US EditionThe Great Creston Bank Robbery of 1925: A town's wild west moment
- On October 20, 1925, two men robbed a bank in Creston, B.C., during the day, with a total of 14 shots fired inside the bank at a distance of just six feet.
- The robbers made off with an estimated $10,000, equivalent to $180,000 today, and one suspect, John Ward, was later apprehended and sentenced to 20 lashes and eight years in prison.
- The second robber was never caught, and rumors of his fate include a man in the U.S. claiming responsibility on his deathbed, but this has never been confirmed.
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