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Lawrence DeVol was born on 17 November, 1903 in Ohio, United States, is an An american bank robber. Discover Lawrence DeVol's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 32 years old?

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Occupation Bank robber
Age 32 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 17 November, 1903
Birthday 17 November
Birthplace Ohio, United States
Date of death 8 July, 1936
Died Place Enid, Oklahoma
Nationality United States

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1903

Lawrence DeVol (17 November 1903 – 8 July 1936) was an American criminal, bank robber, prison escapee and Depression-era outlaw.

Lawrence DeVol was born in Belpre, Ohio on 17 November 1903 to parents Helem and Emma (Shanks) DeVol.

He moved with his parents and brother Albert to Oklahoma as a child, being raised in the Tulsa area.

Lawrence's mother would later marry a second time, to William Keener, but it is unclear whether it was a circumstance of divorce or being widowed.

1914

On 20 May 1914 Lawrence DeVol was sentenced to the Oklahoma State Training School for White Boys as an incorrigible youth.

After serving a short term, he soon became involved in theft and other criminal activity and, as a member of the Tulsa "Central Park Gang", he was first arrested for larceny at age 13.

1920

He was connected to several Midwestern gangs during the 1920s and 1930s, most often with the Barker-Alvin Karpis and Holden-Keating Gangs, and was also a former partner of Harvey Bailey early in his criminal career.

DeVol is known to have killed at least eleven people during his criminal career, including six law enforcement officers.

1927

DeVol participated in his first bank robbery on 19 August 1927, when he joined Eddie Fitzgerald, Harry Morris and Harvey Bailey in stealing $70,000 from a bank in Vinton, Iowa.

1928

He joined the group in a second robbery, which included Al Johnson, stealing $225,000 from a bank in Washington Court House, Ohio on 6 February 1928.

DeVol was convicted that same year in connection with a bank robbery in Kansas and sent to the state reformatory in Hutchinson.

During his incarceration, he was befriended by Alvin Karpis.

1929

The pair escaped from the facility on 9 March 1929, and reached Pueblo, Colorado where they stole a car and headed south.

They stopped in Woodward, Oklahoma where they attempted to burglarize a store, but DeVol was caught, arrested and returned to Hutchinson.

In spite of his escape attempt, DeVol was paroled by the end of the year and rejoined his old partner in a string of robberies throughout Kansas and Oklahoma.

1930

They were eventually arrested in Kansas City, Kansas on 23 March 1930, with DeVol posting $1,000 bail on April 1 and abandoning Karpis by leaving town.

As a fugitive, DeVol became increasingly hardened and violent during his years on the run.

In April 1930, he and Jimmie Creighton were the prime suspects in the robbery and murder of two businessmen at the Hotel Severs in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

On 25 June of that year, he committed his first known murder when he shot and killed two police officers, Sheriff William Sweet and City Marshal Aaron Bailey, in Washington, Iowa.

Less than three months later, he reunited with Harvey Bailey to rob $40,000 from a bank in Ottumwa, Iowa as part of a team which included Thomas Holden and Francis Keating, Vernon Miller and Frank Nash.

On the night of 16 November 1930, DeVol single-handedly robbed the Orpheum Theater in Hannibal, Missouri.

Around five a.m. the next day he engaged in a shootout with two police officers in Kirksville, Missouri, killing one and wounding the second.

A group of citizens had earlier that morning observed DeVol acting suspiciously around one of the towns movie theaters and alerted authorities.

Officers George Scriven and John Rose approached DeVol's vehicle at a gas station and asked him to exit the car.

He did so, with a gun in each hand and opened fire.

Rose was killed instantly while the wounded Officer Scriven returned fire but missed as DeVol fled on foot.

Investigators searching the car found a pair of shotguns plus money and checks from the earlier Hannibal robbery.

1931

After the murder in Kirksville, DeVol disappeared for over a year before turning up in St. Paul, Minnesota around Christmas, 1931, where he joined the Barker Gang.

1932

His first known robbery with the gang was on 29 March 1932, when he joined Fred Barker, Alvin Karpis, Thomas Holden and Bernard Phillips in stealing $226,500 in cash and securities from a bank in Minneapolis.

On 17 June, DeVol was part of an eight-man team including Fred Barker, Alvin Karpis, Thomas Holden, Francis Keating, Harvey Bailey, Vern Miller and Frank Nash which robbed $47,000 from a bank in Fort Scott, Kansas.

The next robbery earned even more when he and Fred Barker, Karpis, Jess Doyle and Earl Christman stole $250,000 in cash and bonds from a bank in Concordia, Kansas on 25 July.

While this was possibly the most successful heist he had been involved in, his next bank job in Wahpeton, North Dakota netted only $6,900.

His accomplices were Doyle, Karpis and Fred and Arthur Barker.

He returned with the gang to Minneapolis at the end of the year, where along with seven other men, including Bill Weaver, Doyle, Verne Miller, Karpis and the Barker brothers held up a bank for $22,000 in cash and another $92,000 in bonds on December 16.

The robbery turned violent as DeVol killed Patrolmen Ira Evans and Leo Gorski outside the bank.

Fred Barker also killed an innocent bystander when the gang were switching getaway cars in St. Paul.

DeVol was arrested in St. Paul days after the robbery, either on 18 or 21 December 1932.

He had been behaving in a drunk and disorderly manner.

He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

He was first sent to the state prison in Stillwater, Minnesota but later transferred to the St. Peter Hospital for the Criminally Insane.