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A Strange Journey and the Banker’s Wild Escape
A young partner recalls an intense bond with John Drew, a private banker. Drew persuades a vacation trip into the Taos mountains, flees by robbing his bank of over 50,000 in cash, but the satchel only holds old clothes. The narrator escapes while Drew, insane, dies amid a long manhunt. no money was found.
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Charles B. Lewis
John Drew
New Mexico
Drew
Ness
Taos Mountains
Mr. Drew
Barker
el Paso
Rio Grande
Colorado
Las Cruces
Rascal
Panker
Sixth Avenue
Fred Douglass
New York Telegram