James Krievell, age 82, a white male from Haysville, Kansas, was caught in the path of a violent bank raid during the early Prohibition crime spree of Eddie �Edward J.� Adams. In September 1921, as Adams and his newly formed gang struck banks in Rose Hill and Haysville for roughly $10,000, Adams pistol-whipped Krievell without provocation. The blow fractured Krievell�s skull, and he later died of his injuries, turning a robbery into a killing that shocked his community.
The fatal assault
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