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Uncle Sam: Detective in a Bank Heist Saga
Special Agent Billy Gard infiltrates a Second National Bank graft scheme in Wheeling and foils cashier Bayard Alexander. A staged kite scheme, forged ledgers, and a dramatic train pursuit culminate with Gard recovering a traveling bag containing about $500,000 in securities and arresting the ringleader aboard a sleeper car.
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Billy Gard
Bayard Alexander
Alexander
Second National Bank
Sam
United States
Gard
Wheeling
Allen
West Virginia
City of Opportunity
Cherub
Charley Sloan
Charley
Eadh Gard
Eve Sping
New Orleans
Sloan
New York
Carner
Second National
Hinton
Bothholdt
Kometinen
Hlutod
Merath Construction Company
Thas
Necdoaary
Shin
Brugly
Dave
Mamifenal
New ‘York
Alten
Canada
North Side
Norte
Billy
William H. Gard
United States Department of Justice &Rose
Bulse
Qarry
Department of Justice
Ita
Sulide
Trish
Trishman