14-67 “Creepy” Karpis and The Last Great Train Heist
"I thought of the great bandits of the old West [like] the James Brothers...They knocked over trains, and I was going to pull the same stunt," exclaimed notorious gangster Alvin "Creepy" Karpis. On November 7, 1935, Karpis and his bandits held up Erie Train #626 at this former location of the Garret
What awaits
Legend. The state marker at this site records the story as local legend rather than established fact; the wording below is the marker’s own.
Sources: Ohio History Connection — Remarkable Ohio, Ohio History Connection — Remarkable Ohio — programme.
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Directions & parking
To the left of the entrance to the Headwaters Trail parking area, Garrettsville Village, OH, 44231
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