The Newton Boys Robbed Two Banks in One Night

In 1921, the Newton brothers entered Hondo, Texas planning to rob a single bank. But when Willis Newton discovered that the first bank's vault had apparently been left unlocked, the job was finished far sooner than expected. Instead of leaving town, the brothers made an extraordinary decision: there was another bank nearby, and there was still plenty of night left. This is the story of the night the Newton Boys robbed both banks in Hondo, Texas, and disappeared before the town realized what had happened. The episode shows the Newton Gang before their most famous robberies, when they specialized in carefully planned nighttime bank burglaries rather than the daylight hold-ups that would become notorious during the Depression era. Subscribe to the Eclectic Historical Society for forgotten stories from American history, organized crime, outlaws, bank robbers, and the people who lived through them.