The Tri-State Terror: The Life And Crimes Of Wilbur Underhill

by R.D. Morgan

Wilbur Underhill-the "Tri-State Terror"-is the Boogeyman of Depression-era outlaws in more ways than one. For nearly a decade in the turbulent period of the 1920s and 30s, he was one of the most infamous and feared criminals in the Southwest. Convicted of one of his murders in Oklahoma he was sentenced to life and escaped, killing a cop and receiving another life term in Kansas, and then escaped again, leading ten others in a mass breakout. In the last months of his life, he rose to national notoriety as a prolific bank robber and suspect in the infamous Kansas City Massacre and became the first criminal ever shot down by agents of that fledgling agency which would soon become the FBI.

Genres: True Crime

376 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2005

Reviews

[AP · Rating 5 out of 5]

Arguably one of the best researched, well written, 20-30s era crime novel that I have read. Thank you to the author for the all the work you put in, couldn’t put it down. Highly recommend

[Nancy Cook-senn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent, meticulous research