Frank Sawyer (criminal)

Frank Sawyer
Born(1899-05-01)May 1, 1899
Durant, Oklahoma, United States
Died1979
Odessa, Texas (Medical Center Hospital)
OccupationBank robber
Criminal statusPardoned from Lansing in 1969
Conviction(s)Armed robbery

James Franklin "Frank" Sawyer (May 1, 1899 – 1979) was an American Depression-era bank robber and prison escapee. An associate of Jim Clark, Ed Davis and other fellow Oklahoma bandits, he was a participant in countless bank robberies throughout Kansas and Oklahoma between 1917 and 1933. He was wrongfully imprisoned for a 1932 bank robbery in Fort Scott, Kansas and spent almost 40 years in prison before he was pardoned by Governor Robert Docking in 1969.[1]

  1. ^ Newton, Michael. The Encyclopedia of Robberies, Heists, and Capers. New York: Facts On File Inc., 2002. (pg. 273-274) ISBN 0-8160-4488-0