Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Robbery / Theft / Embezzling
Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Shooting
Desert Club (Tonopah, NV)
Gambling
It Really Happened
Nevada State Prison (Carson City, NV)
Tonopah--Nevada
Unforeseen Perils of Gambling
1920 It was 3 a.m. on a Monday. About 15 men were gambling in the Desert Club. One who’d been there all night, sitting alone, watching and waiting to make his move was George Strickland.…