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Narrator: PALM BEACH COUNTY,
FLORIDA, DURING PROHIBITION...
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THIS IS A RAID!
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-SCARY TIME BACK THEN, MAN.
-GET AN AX.
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Narrator: 600 SQUARE MILES
OF LAWLESS SWAMPS,
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HOME TO BANK ROBBERS,
RUM RUNNERS
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AND COLD-BLOODED KILLERS.
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DO YOU NEED ME
TO SHOOT SOMEBODY?
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ONE MAN, SHERIFF BOB BAKER,
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PUTS HIS LIFE
ON THE LINE...
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RETURN FIRE!
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...TO SAVE THE FUTURE
OF AN ENTIRE STATE...
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THIS WAS REALLY A FIGHT
FOR FLORIDA'S SOUL.
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Narrator: ...TAKING ON
ONE OF THE MOST INFAMOUS
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AND DEADLY GANGS
IN FLORIDA'S HISTORY.
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YOU TELL SHERIFF BAKER
BULLET LIKE THIS
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WILL BE WAITING FOR HIM.
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ASHLEY!
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THEY HATED EACH OTHER.
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HELLO, JOHN.
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Robert:
IT WAS TRULY A BLOOD FEUD.
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FRED!
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Crowder: "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
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WE'VE GOT TO TAKE
THESE GUYS OUT."
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Narrator: AS AMERICA RISES
AS A NATION...
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VIOLENCE REIGNS.
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A FEW BRAVE SOULS
FACE THE DANGER,
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FIGHTING TO CREATE JUSTICE
FROM CHAOS.
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THESE ARE THE STORIES
OF AMERICAN LAWMEN.
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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POPE!
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POPE, THERE'S NO WAY
OUT OF HERE.
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BOB BAKER IS CHARGED
WITH ENFORCING THE LAW
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IN ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE,
DANGEROUS COUNTIES IN AMERICA.
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Robert:
TO ME, THEY'RE NOT LAWMEN.
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THEY'RE -- THEY'RE MY KIN.
THEY'RE MY RELATIVES.
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UH, THOSE GUYS
WERE ALL TOUGH GUYS.
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THEY -- THEY JUST WERE.
THEY -- THEY HAD TO BE.
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Luckhardt: HE WAS TOLD TO GET
THIS FELLOW, BORIS POPE,
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AND, UH, ARREST HIM.
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WELL, HE FOUND THEM
RESISTING ARREST.
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BOB BAKER HAD TO BE ONE
OF THE BRAVEST FIGURES
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THAT WE CAN IMAGINE, UH,
DURING THE TIME.
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THERE WERE SIMPLY
NO GREATER, UH,
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OBSTACLES FOR
A LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
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TO FACE THAN WHAT BOB BAKER
HAD TO FACE IN -- IN,
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UH, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA.
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SOUTH FLORIDA --
THE LAST FRONTIER,
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A PLACE THAT'S STILL
VERY SPARSELY POPULATED.
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BOB BAKER REPRESENTED LAW
AND ORDER IN A COMMUNITY
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THAT WAS STARTING TO DEVELOP
ITS OWN IDENTITY,
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THAT WAS STARTING TO GROW.
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BOB WAS A STOCKY, STOUT,
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LITTLE GUY THAT LOOKS
LIKE HE'D BUST YOU IN THE MOUTH
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FOR LOOKING AT HIM CROSS-EYED.
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WHEN HE SPOKE, YOU BETTER
BY GOD PAY ATTENTION.
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Bob: POPE!
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BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL
THE END OF THE LINE, POPE.
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IT WAS THE KIND OF EVENT THAT
EVERY LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
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AT THAT TIME FACED EVERY DAY.
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AND HE HAD TO ARREST
A VERY DANGEROUS PERSON.
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EASY NOW.
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JUST PUT THE GUN DOWN
AND COME ALONG QUIETLY.
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JUST PUT THE GUN DOWN.
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Luckhardt: BOB NEARLY DIED.
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THEY DO MANAGE
TO SAVE BOB'S LIFE.
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BUT HE DOES LOSE HIS LEG.
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SO HE IS NOW A DEPUTY SHERIFF
WITH ONE LEG.
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IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
A DANGEROUS TIME
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TO BE ANY POSITION
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
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Kleinberg: FLORIDA ALREADY
WAS ATTRACTING PEOPLE
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FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
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WHO CAME DOWN HERE
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BECAUSE THEY COULD
GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING.
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Robert:
THAT'S WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE.
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IT WAS JUST --
JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
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SCARY TIME BACK THEN, MAN.
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IT WAS THE LAST PLACE SETTLED
IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.
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IT WAS STILL
VERY MUCH A FRONTIER.
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YOU HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE
RUSHING DOWN THERE
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TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK.
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WITH ALL OF THAT GROWTH COMES
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A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
FOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.
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Kleinberg: THIS WAS REALLY
A FIGHT FOR FLORIDA'S SOUL,
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CRIME VERSUS LAW AND ORDER.
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Robert: ALL THOSE BAKERS --
THOSE PEOPLE
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WERE JUST PILLARS
OF THE COMMUNITY.
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THAT KIND OF FOLKS THAT --
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THAT STEPPED UP THERE
AND TOOK CHARGE OF THINGS.
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BOB BAKER HAD
TO TRANSFER JOHN ASHLEY
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TO ONE OF THE JAIL CELLS,
THE FAMOUS JOHN ASHLEY,
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'CAUSE JOHN WAS FAMOUS
BY THIS TIME, TOO.
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Kleinberg:
VERY EARLY ON, AS A YOUNG ADULT,
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HE WAS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER
OF DESOTO TIGER,
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WHO WAS A -- A LOCAL SEMINOLE.
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WHILE ASHLEY WAS ON TRIAL,
HE WAS IN THE DADE COUNTY JAIL
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IN MIAMI.
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JOHN ASHLEY AND HIS GANG,
THEY WERE CRIMINALS.
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YOU'LL LIKE IT HERE.
FOOD'S NOT BAD.
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Ashley: THE ONLY FOOD
I EVER REALLY CARED ABOUT'S
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HOME COOKING.
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WELL, YOU SHOULD'VE
THOUGHT OF THAT
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BEFORE YOU KILLED
THAT SEMINOLE.
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IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE.
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SO YOU SAY.
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JOHN ASHLEY HAD THIS HUGE EGO
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AND WAS NOT GOING TO RESTRAIN
HIS PASSIONS, WHETHER --
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WHETHER IT WAS SPENDING MONEY
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OR GOING AFTER WOMEN OR,
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UH, ANY OF THE OTHER KINDS
OF ACTIVITIES
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THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN.
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BUT HE WAS A WILY GUY.
HE WAS -- HE WAS A SMART GUY.
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WHAT HAPPENED
TO YOUR LEG?
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GOT SHOT OFF.
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WHAT'S KEEPING YOU
UPRIGHT?
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SOME PIECE OF LUMBER.
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ASHLEY!
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[ GUNSHOTS ]
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COME BACK HERE!
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ASHLEY!
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DAMN IT.
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Luckhardt:
WELL, HERE'S THE DEPUTY.
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YOU KNOW, HIS FATHER'S
THE SHERIFF,
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AND HE LOSES THE CRIMINAL.
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THE WHOLE IDEA OF A CRIMINAL
OUTWITTING HIM HE DOESN'T LIKE.
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Crowder:
LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS,
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WHEN THEY MAKE A MISTAKE
OR SOMEBODY OUTSMARTS THEM,
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IT'S A CONFRONTATION
TO YOUR MANHOOD OR SOMETHING.
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JOHN ASHLEY COULD HIDE,
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AND HIS CREW AND HIS GANG,
IN THE EVERGLADES.
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AND NO ONE COULD FIND 'EM.
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Robert: THE ASHLEYS WERE
ABSOLUTELY SWAMP FOLK,
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COUNTRY FOLK.
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THAT'S SOME HARD LIVING.
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Crowder: WHEN HE GETS INTO
ALL THAT TROUBLE, HE DECIDES,
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"WELL, I MAY AS WELL GO
FOR THE WHOLE APPLE,
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SO TO SPEAK."
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THEY WOULD ROB THE LOCAL BANK
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AND, UH, FORCE SOMEONE TO DRIVE
THE GETAWAY CAR FOR THEM.
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Luckhardt: ONE OF THE GANGSTERS
IN THE GANG...
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THE BULLET,
AS HE'S SHOOTING BACK,
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RICOCHETS OFF AN INSIDE DOOR,
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GOES BACK, HITS JOHN ASHLEY
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IN THE LOWER PART
OF THE JAW,
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GOES THROUGH AND COMES OUT
BY THE RIGHT EYE.
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Crowder: THEY TOOK HIM OUT
TO A SWAMPY AREA,
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WHERE HE WAS BLEEDING
AND IN A LOT OF PAIN,
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LEFT HIM THERE TO HIDE.
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BUT, UH, SHERIFF BAKER, UH,
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FOLLOWED THEM AT A DISTANCE
AND CLANDESTINELY
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SO AS TO NOT LET
THEM KNOW HE WAS FOLLOWING.
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BACK UP.
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NOW, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR EYE?
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Kleinberg: HE WAS CONVICTED
AND WENT TO RAIFORD PRISON.
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Crowder: THEY REMOVED
HIS, UH, DESTROYED EYE
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AND REPLACED IT
WITH A GLASS EYE,
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WHICH, UH, SOMETIMES ASHLEY
WORE, SOMETIMES NOT.
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WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS,
HE'S NOW ALLOWED TO WORK
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ON A ROAD GANG.
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STATE OF FLORIDA WOULD ACTUALLY
LEASE PRISONERS TO COMPANIES
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FOR ROAD-BUILDING PURPOSES.
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HE BEHAVED HIMSELF IN PRISON
TO THE EXTENT
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THAT THEY WERE PRETTY CONFIDENT
THAT HE WAS --
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HE WAS GONNA SERVE OUT HIS TIME.
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PALM BEACH COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
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UH-HUH.
YES, YES.
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WELL, I THINK IT'S SAFE
TO ASSUME
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THAT HE'S HEARD
OF ASHLEY'S ESCAPE.
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THAT IS A PERSONAL FEUD,
DEFINITELY.
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TWO FAMILIES, THE BAKER FAMILY
AND THE ASHLEY FAMILY...
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ONE SAYS, "HEY.
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YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA
GET YOU, NO MATTER WHAT."
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AND THE OTHER ONE SAYS, "NO.
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I'M GONNA MAKE A FOOL
OUT OF YOU EVERY CHANCE I GET."
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THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS
MY OWN DAD
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TAUGHT ME ABOUT BEING A MAN,
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IS DO WHAT YOU SAY
YOU'RE GONNA DO BECAUSE,
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IF YOU DON'T,
SOMEBODY'S GONNA CALL YOU ON IT.
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Luckhardt: THE BAKERS
HAD A WHOLE BIG COUNTY
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TO HAVE TO LOOK AFTER.
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BUT THEIR NUMBER-ONE TARGET
NEVER CHANGED.
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IT WAS ALWAYS NOT
JUST THE ASHLEY GANG.
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IT WAS JOHN ASHLEY.
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Kleinberg: THE BAKERS
REPRESENTED LAW AND ORDER.
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THE ASHLEYS
REPRESENTED BASICALLY ANARCHY.
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Luckhardt: THIS GANG
WAS CAUSING SO MUCH HAVOC
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UP AND DOWN THE COAST,
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PEOPLE WERE AFRAID.
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AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS ONE GROUP
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO CHASE.
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Kleinberg: THIS WASN'T JUST A --
A RUNNING FEUD.
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IT WAS A MULTIGENERATIONAL FEUD.
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Crowder:
GEORGE BAKER DIED OUT IN 1920.
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AND THE GOVERNOR APPOINTED
BOB BAKER TO ASSUME THE JOB
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OF SHERIFF OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.
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HE WANTED TO, UH,
I GUESS AS A, UM,
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A PROMISE TO HIS DAD,
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PUT AN END TO THIS PROBLEM
WITH THE ASHLEY GANG.
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Bob: THIS IS A RAID!
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LET'S SEE THOSE HANDS.
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Luckhardt: THE BEGINNING
OF THE 1920s,
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THE ROARING TWENTIES,
THE UNITED STATES
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HAD JUST COME
OUT OF WORLD WAR I.
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THINGS WERE REALLY CHANGING.
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AND ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES,
OF COURSE, WAS PROHIBITION --
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NO MORE LIQUOR.
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COULDN'T SELL IT,
BUY IT, TRANSPORT IT.
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AND THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY
WAS TO BE MADE.
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GET AN AX.
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JOHN ASHLEY AND HIS GANG,
THEY HAD THEIR OWN STILLS.
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THEY WERE SELLING IT UP NORTH.
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THEY HAD A BIG BUSINESS.
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LET'S DUMP IT.
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THE SHERIFF'S
LIKE EASTERN AIRLINES.
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HE'S GOT TO -- HE'S GOT TO
EARN HIS WINGS EVERY DAY
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IF HE WANTS TO STAY IN OFFICE.
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Denham: BEING SHERIFF IN THE
TURN OF THE CENTURY IN FLORIDA
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WAS A PUBLIC JOB,
AND IT WAS A POLITICAL JOB.
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SHERIFFS ARE ELECTED.
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THEY RUN FOR ELECTION
EVERY FOUR YEARS.
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GET THESE GUYS OUT OF HERE.
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THERE WAS A KIND OF A --
UH, A WAR ON TWO FRONTS.
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THE FIRST FRONT WAS
ON THE MOONSHINE STILLS.
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BUT THE OTHER FRONT
WAS KIND OF THE BAHAMAS,
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69 MILES FROM HERE TO BIMINI.
225
00:13:54,567 --> 00:13:57,827
AND THE ASHLEYS WERE INVOLVED
IN BOTH SIDES OF THAT.
226
00:14:00,167 --> 00:14:02,427
NOT ONLY
WERE THEY PRODUCING MOONSHINE.
227
00:14:02,433 --> 00:14:04,273
THEY'D ACTUALLY STEAL THE BOATS.
228
00:14:04,267 --> 00:14:07,297
THEY WOULD GO AND --
AND RUN LIQUOR FROM BIMINI.
229
00:14:07,300 --> 00:14:08,730
AND THIS WAS
OF COURSE GOOD LIQUOR.
230
00:14:08,733 --> 00:14:10,103
THIS WAS NOT MOONSHINE.
231
00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:14,570
SO THIS WAS LOTS
AND LOTS OF CASH.
232
00:14:14,567 --> 00:14:16,497
50 MILES OF COASTLINE,
233
00:14:16,500 --> 00:14:18,200
A VERY SMALL
POLICE DEPARTMENT...
234
00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,870
FAST BOAT CAN GET THERE
IN A FEW HOURS,
235
00:14:20,867 --> 00:14:22,967
WHICH MADE IT VERY EASY.
236
00:14:22,967 --> 00:14:25,067
YOU COULD, UH, RUN
OVER TO THE BAHAMAS,
237
00:14:25,067 --> 00:14:28,327
MAKE YOUR PICKUP,
GET BACK IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
238
00:14:28,333 --> 00:14:31,633
AND STILL GET
A DECENT NIGHT'S SLEEP.
239
00:14:31,633 --> 00:14:34,473
IF YOU WERE THE LOCAL SHERIFF
AT THE TIME,
240
00:14:34,467 --> 00:14:37,097
TRYING TO STOP PROHIBITION
241
00:14:37,100 --> 00:14:39,700
WAS LIKE TRYING
TO STOP THE WAVES OF THE OCEAN.
242
00:14:56,067 --> 00:14:58,267
Ashley: PUT THAT BIG ONE
IN THERE FIRST.
243
00:15:13,733 --> 00:15:16,833
YOU GONNA SHOOT ME?
YOU GONNA HELP ME LOAD THE CAR?
244
00:15:16,833 --> 00:15:19,703
SHOOT YOU.
245
00:15:19,700 --> 00:15:21,730
Luckhardt: LAURA UPTHEGROVE
CAME INTO THE STORY
246
00:15:21,733 --> 00:15:23,573
AROUND FEBRUARY 1920.
247
00:15:23,567 --> 00:15:25,427
BEFORE THAT, SHE WAS
A MARRIED WOMAN
248
00:15:25,433 --> 00:15:27,833
WITH THREE CHILDREN
LIVING ON THE EAST SIDE
249
00:15:27,833 --> 00:15:29,273
OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
250
00:15:29,267 --> 00:15:31,697
BUT SHE SAID TO HER HUSBAND
ONE DAY, "I'M OUT OF HERE.
251
00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:34,530
I'M TIRED OF BEING A WIFE.
I'M JOINING THE ASHLEY GANG."
252
00:15:34,533 --> 00:15:37,333
SO SHE GOES OVER TO THE AREA
OF WHAT WE CALL PECKS LAKE,
253
00:15:37,333 --> 00:15:42,073
WHERE THE ASHLEY GANG DID HAVE
ONE OF THEIR CAMPS THERE.
254
00:15:42,067 --> 00:15:44,097
AND SHE SAYS,
"I WANT TO JOIN THE GANG."
255
00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:45,430
MM.
256
00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,230
YOU SHOULD'VE SHOT ME.
257
00:15:51,233 --> 00:15:53,073
NEXT TIME.
258
00:15:56,467 --> 00:15:59,067
MS. UPTHEGROVE
VERY MUCH WAS A --
259
00:15:59,067 --> 00:16:00,867
A WILD INDIVIDUAL.
260
00:16:00,867 --> 00:16:04,527
SHE ENJOYED THE WILD LIFE.
261
00:16:04,533 --> 00:16:07,333
SHOULDN'T BE LONG.
262
00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:09,233
SOLD TO THIS GUY
BEFORE.
263
00:16:09,233 --> 00:16:11,833
SHOULD BE BACK BY SUNRISE.
264
00:16:11,833 --> 00:16:13,273
AFTER NOT TOO LONG,
265
00:16:13,267 --> 00:16:16,267
JOHN WAS KNOWN AS THE KING
OF THE EVERGLADES,
266
00:16:16,267 --> 00:16:19,067
AND, UH, LAURA WAS KNOWN
267
00:16:19,067 --> 00:16:22,927
AS THE QUEEN
OF THE EVERGLADES.
268
00:16:22,933 --> 00:16:25,073
SHE, UH, DEFINITELY
WAS NOT SOMEBODY
269
00:16:25,067 --> 00:16:27,827
THAT MOST PEOPLE,
MAN OR A WOMAN,
270
00:16:27,833 --> 00:16:31,133
WOULD WANT TO GET
INTO A -- A BRAWL WITH.
271
00:16:31,133 --> 00:16:33,073
SHE WAS RIGHT IN
THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF IT.
272
00:16:33,067 --> 00:16:34,427
OH, YOU HAD BONNIE AND CLYDE.
273
00:16:34,433 --> 00:16:36,633
YOU HAD JOHN ASHLEY AND --
AND -- AND LAURA.
274
00:16:36,633 --> 00:16:38,503
BE CAREFUL.
275
00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:40,300
I'LL DO MY BEST.
276
00:16:48,367 --> 00:16:50,867
YOU COME BACK, NOW.
277
00:16:50,867 --> 00:16:52,327
LET'S GO.
278
00:16:52,333 --> 00:16:55,533
JOHN ASHLEY'S MAKING A BIG HAUL
TO DEALERS UP THERE
279
00:16:55,533 --> 00:16:57,203
IN SEBRING,
NORTH OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
280
00:17:03,567 --> 00:17:08,167
JOHN ASHLEY'S FAMOUS,
SO PEOPLE RECOGNIZE HIM.
281
00:17:08,167 --> 00:17:10,527
AND THE POLICE ARE NOTIFIED.
282
00:17:20,167 --> 00:17:23,627
JOHN WAS
A VERY DANGEROUS PERSON.
283
00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:44,230
[ KNOCK ON CAR DOOR ]
284
00:17:44,233 --> 00:17:47,833
HELLO, JOHN.
285
00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:50,403
BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU.
286
00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,200
NOW, PUT DOWN THAT GUN.
287
00:18:12,533 --> 00:18:15,203
HE'D GET WORD
TO THE REST OF THE GANG,
288
00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,500
"I WANT THIS, THIS
AND THIS DONE."
289
00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:19,670
THERE WAS NEVER A QUESTION
WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE GANG.
290
00:18:19,667 --> 00:18:22,497
IT WAS JOHN.
291
00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:25,070
DAD.
292
00:18:25,067 --> 00:18:27,297
DAD, JUST EXPLAIN
IT ALL TO MOBLEY.
293
00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,200
OH, HE'S ALWAYS ON
ABOUT BEING
294
00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:34,600
A BIGGER PART
OF THE FAMILY BUSINESS.
295
00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,900
THIS IS HIS OPPORTUNITY.
296
00:18:37,900 --> 00:18:40,370
YOU UNDERSTAND?
297
00:18:40,367 --> 00:18:42,167
GOOD.
298
00:18:46,433 --> 00:18:49,533
HANFORD MOBLEY WAS
A NEPHEW OF ASHLEY AND --
299
00:18:49,533 --> 00:18:52,233
AND WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL
IN A LOT OF THE --
300
00:18:52,233 --> 00:18:55,173
THE MAJOR BANK ROBBING
AND BOOTLEGGING ACTIVITY.
301
00:18:55,167 --> 00:18:57,297
Luckhardt: MOBLEY REALLY
LOOKED UP TO HIS UNCLE.
302
00:18:57,300 --> 00:18:58,730
HE REALLY ADMIRED HIM.
303
00:18:58,733 --> 00:19:02,373
SO HE WAS WILLING TO DO
WHATEVER HIS UNCLE SAID.
304
00:19:02,367 --> 00:19:04,297
SO THINGS GOT DONE.
305
00:19:12,867 --> 00:19:14,227
Y'ALL, STICK YOUR HANDS UP!
306
00:19:14,233 --> 00:19:15,833
AAH!
307
00:19:15,833 --> 00:19:17,303
WE'RE ROBBING THIS JOINT!
308
00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:19,430
[ GUNSHOT ]
309
00:19:19,433 --> 00:19:20,873
AAH!
310
00:19:20,867 --> 00:19:22,827
MONEY IN THE BAG.
311
00:19:22,833 --> 00:19:24,733
COME ON NOW.
DON'T BE SHY.
312
00:19:24,733 --> 00:19:26,733
THAT'S IT.
COME ON!
313
00:19:26,733 --> 00:19:28,403
EVERYONE, STAY QUIET!
314
00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,500
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
IT WAS QUITE BRILLIANT...
315
00:19:30,500 --> 00:19:31,800
THAT'S IT.
GET IT ALL IN THERE.
316
00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,300
...BECAUSE, WHEN THE POLICE
ARRIVED, THEY SAID,
317
00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:35,070
"WHAT DID THE --
THE ROBBER LOOK LIKE?"
318
00:19:35,067 --> 00:19:36,727
AND THE TELLER SAID,
"I HAVE NO IDEA.
319
00:19:36,733 --> 00:19:38,733
I JUST REMEMBER THAT
HE WAS WEARING A DRESS."
320
00:19:41,367 --> 00:19:43,127
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THAT'S IT.
321
00:19:43,133 --> 00:19:44,773
SO GET BOTH DRAWERS NOW.
322
00:19:44,767 --> 00:19:47,097
COME ON.
ALMOST THERE.
323
00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:49,730
A LITTLE MORE.
THERE WE GO.
324
00:19:53,567 --> 00:19:54,797
THANK YOU, FOLKS.
325
00:20:12,333 --> 00:20:15,303
JOHN, I THINK,
IS HIS REAL ENEMY.
326
00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:17,470
Denham: WHEN IT CAME
TO THE ASHLEYS, OF COURSE,
327
00:20:17,467 --> 00:20:20,927
THEIR ACTIVITY WAS
IN THE NEWSPAPERS CONSTANTLY.
328
00:20:22,533 --> 00:20:26,433
SO THE ANIMOSITY
BETWEEN THE TWO ESCALATED.
329
00:21:01,433 --> 00:21:03,403
GIVE ME MY SHIRT THERE,
WILL YOU?
330
00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,570
[ GUN COCKS ]
331
00:21:10,567 --> 00:21:12,327
YOU'RE COMING WITH ME.
332
00:21:20,067 --> 00:21:22,097
[ SIGHS ]
333
00:21:24,133 --> 00:21:28,633
MOBLEY, I KNOW
YOUR HALFWIT CRACKER UNCLE
334
00:21:28,633 --> 00:21:32,073
PUT YOU UP TO THIS.
335
00:21:32,067 --> 00:21:34,727
BUT WHAT
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS,
336
00:21:34,733 --> 00:21:36,633
WHERE'S THE MONEY?
337
00:21:36,633 --> 00:21:39,173
YOU CAN GO TO HELL.
338
00:21:39,167 --> 00:21:43,767
MOBLEY, YOU'RE GONNA
GO TO JAIL FOR HIM.
339
00:21:43,767 --> 00:21:46,067
WHERE'S THE MONEY?
340
00:21:46,067 --> 00:21:48,927
WITH ALL THE ROBBERIES, PROBABLY
GOT CLOSE TO $1 MILLION.
341
00:21:48,933 --> 00:21:52,273
AND AGAIN,
THAT'S ROUGH FIGURES BACK THEN.
342
00:21:52,267 --> 00:21:55,667
THEY'VE NEVER FOUND
THE BULK OF THE MONEY.
343
00:21:55,667 --> 00:21:57,727
THEY HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE
THEY HAD TO PAY OFF.
344
00:21:57,733 --> 00:22:00,303
WHERE THE MONEY WENT, WHO KNOWS?
345
00:22:29,667 --> 00:22:31,467
DO WE HAVE A DEAL?
346
00:22:36,300 --> 00:22:37,870
YES, WE DO.
347
00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,330
Crowder:
IT WOULD'VE ENRAGED BAKER.
348
00:23:01,333 --> 00:23:04,933
IT, UH, PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN
LIKE THROWING A -- A --
349
00:23:04,933 --> 00:23:06,903
A CUP OF GASOLINE ON A CAMPFIRE.
350
00:23:09,233 --> 00:23:10,233
LET'S GO.
351
00:23:10,233 --> 00:23:12,873
HE'S BAKER'S
NUMBER-ONE PUBLIC ENEMY.
352
00:23:12,867 --> 00:23:13,897
WOO!
353
00:23:13,900 --> 00:23:15,130
HE ALWAYS FIGURED OUT
A WAY TO ESCAPE.
354
00:23:15,133 --> 00:23:17,903
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY
THE TURNING POINT.
355
00:23:17,900 --> 00:23:19,800
SHERIFF BOB BAKER SAYS,
"LISTEN.
356
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,570
I AM REALLY GONNA TRY
AND GET YOU THIS TIME."
357
00:23:22,567 --> 00:23:23,697
WOO!
358
00:23:46,967 --> 00:23:48,327
Robert: ASHLEY WOULD BREAK
OUT OF PRISON.
359
00:23:48,333 --> 00:23:51,133
AND HE'D COME BACK DOWN HERE
360
00:23:51,133 --> 00:23:54,103
INSTEAD OF ACTING
LIKE HE HAD SOME SMARTS
361
00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:57,070
AND JUST GETTING AWAY
FROM THIS NECK OF THE WOODS.
362
00:23:57,067 --> 00:23:59,227
Luckhardt: HIM GETTING LOOSE
AGAIN, BOB BAKER,
363
00:23:59,233 --> 00:24:00,773
HE WAS NOT GONNA STAND FOR IT.
364
00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,470
Upthegrove: PUT YOUR HANDS
ON THE TREE.
365
00:24:05,467 --> 00:24:08,427
YOU FINISH TYING THEM UP.
I'M GONNA GRAB THE BOOZE.
366
00:24:08,433 --> 00:24:11,103
ASHLEY GANG WOULD EVEN
STEAL FROM OTHER SMUGGLERS.
367
00:24:11,100 --> 00:24:12,330
AND SO A LOT OF THOSE SMUGGLERS
368
00:24:12,333 --> 00:24:14,603
JUST GAVE UP OR MOVED
TO OTHER TERRITORIES.
369
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,070
THE ASHLEY GANG PRETTY MUCH
HAD IT SEWN UP.
370
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:27,870
I SAID, "STOP MOVING"!
371
00:24:27,867 --> 00:24:30,167
DO YOU NEED ME
TO SHOOT SOMEBODY?
372
00:24:30,167 --> 00:24:32,427
-NO, BABY. I'M FINE.
-YOU SURE?
373
00:24:36,467 --> 00:24:38,127
UH, JUST GRAB THAT ONE.
374
00:24:38,133 --> 00:24:39,903
I'LL TAKE THIS ONE.
375
00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:41,700
COME BACK FOR THE REST.
376
00:24:47,167 --> 00:24:48,767
Luckhardt:
THEY WERE BOTH SMART MEN.
377
00:24:48,767 --> 00:24:51,967
THEY WERE BOTH ALSO
GONNA SAY, "IT'S MY WAY."
378
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,730
ASHLEY SURE DID A NUMBER
ON THIS PLACE.
379
00:25:20,333 --> 00:25:25,173
NOW, I KNOW YOU TWO WANT ASHLEY
GONE JUST AS BAD AS I DO.
380
00:25:25,167 --> 00:25:27,627
YOU TELL ME
WHERE I CAN FIND HIM?
381
00:25:32,767 --> 00:25:34,597
NOW, IF YOU'LL JUST
PARDON ME...
382
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,230
SO IN JANUARY OF 1924,
383
00:25:37,233 --> 00:25:38,733
BAKER DECIDES TO GO AFTER,
384
00:25:38,733 --> 00:25:40,733
UH, THE ENTIRE ASHLEY COMPOUND,
385
00:25:40,733 --> 00:25:42,973
WHICH IS FAR
INTO THE EVERGLADES.
386
00:25:54,133 --> 00:25:55,933
Luckhardt: THEY WERE GONNA DO
A SURPRISE RAID.
387
00:25:55,933 --> 00:25:57,503
AND THEY'RE COMING IN.
388
00:25:57,500 --> 00:26:00,600
AND THEY'RE SLOWLY GONNA
SURROUND THE CAMP.
389
00:26:20,933 --> 00:26:22,903
[ BRANCH SNAPS ]
390
00:26:29,233 --> 00:26:32,503
-RETURN FIRE!
-IT'S A RAID!
391
00:26:45,667 --> 00:26:46,667
DAD!
392
00:26:46,667 --> 00:26:47,867
Kleinberg: DURING THE RAID,
393
00:26:47,867 --> 00:26:50,727
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
KILLED ASHLEY'S FATHER.
394
00:26:50,733 --> 00:26:52,433
[ GUNFIRE CONTINUES ]
395
00:26:55,567 --> 00:26:58,827
OH! DAMN!
396
00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:18,530
FRED!
397
00:27:25,367 --> 00:27:26,727
JOHN!
398
00:27:28,367 --> 00:27:30,767
JOHN IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO ESCAPE.
399
00:27:33,867 --> 00:27:37,427
Kleinberg:
NOW ASHLEY'S KILLED A DEPUTY.
400
00:27:37,433 --> 00:27:40,333
THAT REALLY SEALED THE FEUD.
THAT MADE IT A BLOOD FEUD.
401
00:27:43,067 --> 00:27:44,827
MOVE IN!
402
00:27:50,833 --> 00:27:53,103
STAY DOWN!
403
00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:54,870
DON'T SHOOT!
404
00:27:58,067 --> 00:27:59,097
AT THAT POINT,
IT WAS TO THE DEATH
405
00:27:59,100 --> 00:28:10,570
FOR BOTH OF 'EM.
406
00:28:33,467 --> 00:28:37,567
NOW ASHLEY'S KILLED A DEPUTY.
HE'S KILLED A LAWMAN.
407
00:28:37,567 --> 00:28:39,527
HE ISN'T JUST ROBBING BANKS.
HE ISN'T JUST RUNNING RUMS.
408
00:28:39,533 --> 00:28:42,603
HE'S NOW KILLED SOMEBODY.
HE'S KILLED A LAWMAN.
409
00:28:44,933 --> 00:28:48,273
SHERIFF BAKER REALLY
UPS THE ANTE.
410
00:28:48,267 --> 00:28:49,567
WOULD'VE MADE IT ALL
411
00:28:49,567 --> 00:28:52,367
THAT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT
TO HIM TO,
412
00:28:52,367 --> 00:28:55,427
UH, SEE THAT THE ASHLEYS
WERE THEN BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
413
00:29:01,733 --> 00:29:02,933
AH, DAMN IT.
414
00:29:02,933 --> 00:29:04,603
DOCTOR,
CAN WE HAVE A MOMENT?
415
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,970
WHAT KIND OF A MAN
YOU GOT, LAURA?
416
00:29:10,967 --> 00:29:13,067
ONE WHO ABANDONS YOU
WHEN YOU'VE BEEN SHOT
417
00:29:13,067 --> 00:29:14,767
AND NEED HELP?
418
00:29:16,933 --> 00:29:18,803
I WANT THIS WAR TO END.
419
00:29:21,233 --> 00:29:22,803
WANT TO HELP ME END IT?
420
00:29:32,833 --> 00:29:34,473
SHE'S ALL YOURS, DOC.
421
00:29:38,333 --> 00:29:40,103
DON'T TOUCH ME.
422
00:29:43,067 --> 00:29:47,227
THERE WAS JUST THIS ONGOING FEUD
BETWEEN THESE GUYS.
423
00:29:47,233 --> 00:29:49,403
AND IT WAS TRULY
A BLOOD FEUD, YOU KNOW?
424
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,230
THEY -- THEY HATED EACH OTHER.
425
00:29:51,233 --> 00:29:53,533
THEY ANTAGONIZED EACH OTHER.
426
00:30:14,567 --> 00:30:17,797
ASHLEY'S HERE.
GRAB THE MONEY.
427
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:19,870
ALL THEY HAD TO DO
WAS WALK INTO A BANK,
428
00:30:19,867 --> 00:30:22,727
NO MASK, NO DISGUISES,
NO NOTHING,
429
00:30:22,733 --> 00:30:25,103
JUST YELL THE NAME "ASHLEY,"
430
00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:27,030
AND EVERYBODY KNEW
WHAT THAT MEANT.
431
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,530
PEOPLE WOULD JUST COWER BACK
AND LET 'EM HAVE
432
00:30:32,533 --> 00:30:35,403
WHAT THEY WANTED
BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID,
433
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:39,300
UH, OF THEM FOR BEING
AS RUTHLESS, UH, AS THEY WERE.
434
00:30:39,300 --> 00:30:40,570
EMPTY THIS DRAWER.
435
00:30:40,567 --> 00:30:42,367
GET WHATEVER'S IN THE CABINET.
436
00:30:46,567 --> 00:30:47,767
MA'AM...
437
00:30:50,867 --> 00:30:53,927
...YOU TELL SHERIFF BAKER,
IF HE COMES AFTER US,
438
00:30:53,933 --> 00:30:55,503
BULLET LIKE THIS
WILL BE WAITING FOR HIM.
439
00:30:57,533 --> 00:30:59,303
LET'S GO.
440
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,300
Crowder: PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY TYPES,
441
00:31:09,300 --> 00:31:14,430
AND BIG EGOS ARE A BIG PART
OF THAT PERSONALITY DISORDER.
442
00:31:22,533 --> 00:31:25,333
I THINK, BY THAT TIME,
BOB BAKER WAS OF THE OPINION
443
00:31:25,333 --> 00:31:28,333
THAT, "IF I CAN GET MY HANDS
ON HIM, I'M GONNA KILL HIM."
444
00:31:30,867 --> 00:31:35,067
NOT ONLY AM I
GONNA CATCH ASHLEY.
445
00:31:35,067 --> 00:31:39,367
I'M GONNA WEAR HIS EYE
AS A DAMN KEY FOB.
446
00:31:39,367 --> 00:31:41,497
MAKE SURE YOU GET AN ACCOUNT
OF ALL THE MONEY.
447
00:31:46,633 --> 00:31:48,073
Robert: LET'S FACE IT.
448
00:31:48,067 --> 00:31:50,167
IT HAD TO HAVE GOTTEN
TO THE POINT
449
00:31:50,167 --> 00:31:52,697
WHERE THEY WERE AFTER REVENGE.
450
00:31:52,700 --> 00:31:54,230
I MEAN, THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS.
451
00:31:54,233 --> 00:31:57,573
GOT TO BE REVENGE.
GOT TO BE REVENGE.
452
00:32:01,267 --> 00:32:04,097
BUST IT UP, BOYS!
453
00:32:13,967 --> 00:32:15,897
EACH THOUGHT THEY WERE SMARTER
THAN THE OTHER
454
00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:18,770
AND HAD TRIED TO OUTWIT
EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME,
455
00:32:18,767 --> 00:32:20,527
OUTDO EACH OTHER.
456
00:32:34,867 --> 00:32:39,427
THE HEAT WAS GETTING
PRETTY HEAVY ON THE ASHLEYS.
457
00:32:47,467 --> 00:32:49,127
JOHN, WHAT'S GOING ON?
458
00:32:49,133 --> 00:32:52,133
BY THE FALL OF 1924, HE'S GOT --
459
00:32:52,133 --> 00:32:54,403
HE'S GOT THE FEDERAL,
UH, PEOPLE AGAINST HIM.
460
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,630
HE'S GOT OBVIOUSLY
BOB BAKER AGAINST HIM.
461
00:32:56,633 --> 00:33:01,303
THE ASHLEYS DECIDED THEY BETTER
JUST GET THE HECK OUT OF FLORIDA
462
00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:03,200
FOR A LITTLE WHILE
AND GET AWAY FROM HERE.
463
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:04,830
BUSINESS IS RUINED.
464
00:33:04,833 --> 00:33:07,633
FRIENDS ARE ARRESTED.
DAD'S DEAD.
465
00:33:07,633 --> 00:33:08,973
THERE AIN'T NOTHING
LEFT FOR ME HERE.
466
00:33:08,967 --> 00:33:10,967
I'M HERE.
467
00:33:10,967 --> 00:33:13,927
I AIN'T GOT
NO CHOICE, LAURA.
468
00:33:13,933 --> 00:33:17,173
IF I STAY, BAKER'S GONNA
SEE TO IT THAT I GET HANGED.
469
00:33:17,167 --> 00:33:18,827
WELL, FINE.
I'LL GET MY THINGS.
470
00:33:18,833 --> 00:33:21,373
-I'LL SEND FOR YOU.
-WHAT?
471
00:33:21,367 --> 00:33:23,197
I SAID,
"I'LL SEND FOR YOU,"
472
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,070
AS SOON
AS I GET THINGS SORTED.
473
00:33:42,533 --> 00:33:44,103
Denham:
WE KNOW THEY WERE IN LOVE.
474
00:33:44,100 --> 00:33:48,100
HE AND LAURA OBVIOUSLY HAD
A PASSIONATE, TORRID ROMANCE...
475
00:33:50,500 --> 00:33:53,200
...WITH ALL THE EMOTION
THAT GOES WITH THAT.
476
00:33:55,633 --> 00:33:57,403
BAKER.
477
00:34:01,433 --> 00:34:03,233
COME IN.
478
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:16,970
I'M LISTENING.
479
00:34:25,267 --> 00:34:27,467
THERE WAS ONE STORY
480
00:34:27,467 --> 00:34:32,067
THAT SUGGESTED THAT THE BETRAYER
OF JOHN ASHLEY
481
00:34:32,067 --> 00:34:34,367
WAS NONE OTHER THAN HIS
GIRLFRIEND, LAURA UPTHEGROVE,
482
00:34:34,367 --> 00:34:36,797
THAT HE APPARENTLY HAD BROKEN UP
WITH HER AND THAT,
483
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,330
IN ORDER TO GET REVENGE,
IT WAS SHE
484
00:34:39,333 --> 00:34:41,103
WHO HAD TIPPED THE SHERIFF
485
00:34:41,100 --> 00:34:44,570
ON WHERE TO FIND JOHN ASHLEY.
486
00:34:44,567 --> 00:34:46,667
ASHLEY'S HEADING
UP THE DIXIE HIGHWAY.
487
00:34:46,667 --> 00:34:49,267
THEY PLAN ON STOPPING
IN JACKSONVILLE.
488
00:34:49,267 --> 00:34:53,267
I WANT YOU ALL TO RENDEZVOUS
WITH SHERIFF MERRITT.
489
00:34:53,267 --> 00:34:55,367
YOU'LL BE WORKING
WITH HIM ON THIS.
490
00:35:02,233 --> 00:35:07,233
THIS TIME, ASHLEY
DOESN'T ESCAPE.
491
00:35:07,233 --> 00:35:08,933
SHERIFF'S GOT A BIG PROBLEM.
492
00:35:08,933 --> 00:35:10,373
YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT TO
GET THAT GUY.
493
00:35:10,367 --> 00:35:13,927
HE'S GOT TO STOP
THIS PUBLIC ENEMY.
494
00:35:13,933 --> 00:35:17,673
Luckhardt: BAKER IS GONNA RUN
FOR RE-ELECTION AGAIN.
495
00:35:17,667 --> 00:35:19,827
SO HE SENDS TWO OTHER DEPUTIES.
496
00:35:19,833 --> 00:35:23,173
HE STAYED INSTEAD
TO DO SPEECHES IN PALM BEACH.
497
00:35:27,933 --> 00:35:29,773
Kleinberg: THE TIP EVEN
WENT SO FAR AS TO SAY
498
00:35:29,767 --> 00:35:32,497
THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY
BE CROSSING THIS BRIDGE
499
00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:34,500
AT A CERTAIN TIME.
500
00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:36,630
Robert:
NOT TOO FAR FROM DARK,
501
00:35:36,633 --> 00:35:39,103
THEY SLUNG A CHAIN
ACROSS THE HIGHWAY
502
00:35:39,100 --> 00:35:42,270
AT THE SEBASTIAN BRIDGE.
503
00:35:44,300 --> 00:35:47,200
Luckhardt:
AND THAT'S THE ONLY ROUTE NORTH.
504
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:48,770
THERE'S NO HOUSES.
THERE'S NO STORES.
505
00:35:48,767 --> 00:35:51,597
THERE'S NO PEOPLE AROUND
AT THAT INLET.
506
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,370
THAT'S THE PLACE TO STOP 'EM.
507
00:35:56,267 --> 00:35:58,067
THERE'S NO PLACE TO HIDE.
508
00:36:20,133 --> 00:36:22,633
[ APPLAUSE ]
509
00:36:26,667 --> 00:36:29,367
Bob: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THAT WELCOME.
510
00:36:29,367 --> 00:36:32,297
I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU
ONCE MORE FOR THE HONOR,
511
00:36:32,300 --> 00:36:34,800
FOR THE PRIVILEGE
TO REPRESENT YOU
512
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,070
AS THE SHERIFF
OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.
513
00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:46,870
THIS COUNTY IS NOT JUST
OURS WHO LIVE HERE TODAY.
514
00:36:46,867 --> 00:36:49,597
IT'S OUR ANCESTORS
WHO RAISED THIS LAND.
515
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,770
GET OUT OF THE CAR.
516
00:36:51,767 --> 00:36:53,067
IT'S OUR CHILDREN'S,
517
00:36:53,067 --> 00:36:55,167
WHO WILL INHERIT IT
WHEN WE'RE GONE.
518
00:37:04,133 --> 00:37:05,533
WHEN MY FATHER BECAME
519
00:37:05,533 --> 00:37:07,433
THE FIRST-EVER SHERIFF
OF PALM BEACH COUNTY,
520
00:37:07,433 --> 00:37:10,403
HE MADE A VOW TO PROTECT
THE GOLD COAST
521
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,730
FROM THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT,
TO ENSURE
522
00:37:12,733 --> 00:37:17,373
THAT PALM BEACH COUNTY REMAINED
A PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS PLACE,
523
00:37:17,367 --> 00:37:19,067
TO KEEP OUR EVERGLADES
IN THE HANDS
524
00:37:19,067 --> 00:37:22,867
OF THE FAMILIES OF THIS LAND
AND NOT THE CRIMINALS
525
00:37:22,867 --> 00:37:25,367
WHO WOULD USE IT
AS THEIR PERSONAL HIDEAWAYS.
526
00:37:27,567 --> 00:37:29,067
Luckhardt:
THESE DEPUTIES HAD BEEN PART
527
00:37:29,067 --> 00:37:31,327
OF THE SAME POSSE GROUPS
OVER THE YEARS
528
00:37:31,333 --> 00:37:33,073
THAT HAD BEEN CHASING
THE ASHLEY GANG
529
00:37:33,067 --> 00:37:36,167
AND HAD ESCAPED
OUT OF DIFFERENT PRISONS.
530
00:37:36,167 --> 00:37:40,767
THE ASHLEY GANG KILLED 12
DIFFERENT PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS.
531
00:37:40,767 --> 00:37:42,627
THE REPUTATION THEY HAD
532
00:37:42,633 --> 00:37:44,833
AND THE PROPENSITY
THAT THEY HAD FOR VIOLENCE
533
00:37:44,833 --> 00:37:47,403
AND TRYING TO KILL
LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS,
534
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,900
IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE MUCH TO GET
THOSE LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
535
00:37:50,900 --> 00:37:52,530
TO USE WHAT THEY'VE GOT
536
00:37:52,533 --> 00:37:54,403
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GO HOME
TO THEIR FAMILIES
537
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:55,930
WHEN THE DAY ENDS.
538
00:37:55,933 --> 00:37:58,633
ALL RIGHT, BOYS.
IF THEY MOVE, SHOOT 'EM.
539
00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:37,570
[ GUNFIRE ]
540
00:38:44,067 --> 00:38:46,267
Bob: THAT IS WHY I HOPE
TO SERVE PALM BEACH COUNTY
541
00:38:46,267 --> 00:38:48,427
FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME.
542
00:38:48,433 --> 00:38:50,073
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
543
00:38:50,067 --> 00:38:53,067
[ APPLAUSE ]
544
00:39:04,233 --> 00:39:06,303
Denham:
OBVIOUSLY, THE ASHLEY FAMILY
545
00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:08,370
IS CONVINCED THAT
THEY WERE SHOT IN COLD BLOOD.
546
00:39:08,367 --> 00:39:11,627
BOB BAKER'S SUPPORTERS
AND BOB BAKER'S DEPUTIES
547
00:39:11,633 --> 00:39:13,673
WERE CONVINCED
THAT THIS WAS JUST, UH,
548
00:39:13,667 --> 00:39:17,267
THE INEVITABLE RESULT OF AN --
OF AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK FREE
549
00:39:17,267 --> 00:39:19,667
OR BASICALLY FIRE BACK
AT THE DEPUTIES.
550
00:39:19,667 --> 00:39:22,697
SO THE DISPUTE CONTINUES.
551
00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:32,500
Robert:
I THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
552
00:39:32,500 --> 00:39:34,530
THAT THEY HAD TO PUT AN END
TO THESE GUYS
553
00:39:34,533 --> 00:39:36,473
THAT WERE KILLING PEOPLE.
554
00:39:36,467 --> 00:39:37,627
THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
555
00:39:37,633 --> 00:39:39,673
THEY WERE OUTLAWS, MAN.
THEY WERE OUTLAWS.
556
00:39:39,667 --> 00:39:42,267
AND THE LAWMEN PREVAILED,
YOU KNOW?
557
00:39:42,267 --> 00:39:45,067
"I AM A LAWMAN,
AND MY WILL SHALL PREVAIL."
558
00:39:50,067 --> 00:39:52,497
I THINK THEY FINALLY GOT
TO THE POINT WITH, UH,
559
00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:54,170
THE ASHLEY GANG
THAT IT WAS LIKE,
560
00:39:54,167 --> 00:39:55,927
"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
561
00:39:55,933 --> 00:39:57,673
EITHER THEY'RE GONNA KILL
SOMEBODY ELSE,
562
00:39:57,667 --> 00:39:59,627
OR WE'RE GONNA TAKE
THESE GUYS OUT."
563
00:39:59,633 --> 00:40:01,873
AND, UH, THEY HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY,
564
00:40:01,867 --> 00:40:04,597
AND THEY DID.
565
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:07,300
Luckhardt: SHERIFF BOB BAKER
KEPT LAW AND ORDER
566
00:40:07,300 --> 00:40:08,870
WHEN OTHER SHERIFFS
IN OTHER COMMUNITIES
567
00:40:08,867 --> 00:40:11,197
DIDN'T DO SO WELL, ESPECIALLY
DURING PROHIBITION ERA
568
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,100
OF THE 1920s.
569
00:40:13,100 --> 00:40:17,470
BUT PROBABLY SHERIFF BAKER'S
MAIN OBJECTIVE
570
00:40:17,467 --> 00:40:19,227
FOR MOST OF HIS CAREER
571
00:40:19,233 --> 00:40:22,473
WAS TO GET JOHN ASHLEY.
572
00:40:22,467 --> 00:40:24,227
AND HE DID.
573
00:40:35,133 --> 00:40:38,903
THE NEXT MORNING, WORD
HAD SPREAD UP AND DOWN THE COAST
574
00:40:38,900 --> 00:40:41,670
THAT THE ASHLEY GANG WAS DONE,
TOTALLY WIPED OUT.
575
00:40:41,667 --> 00:40:43,727
NOBODY BELIEVED IT 'CAUSE
THEY KNEW ALREADY
576
00:40:43,733 --> 00:40:45,773
THE GANG HAD ESCAPED
OUT OF EVERYTHING,
577
00:40:45,767 --> 00:40:48,667
WHETHER IT WAS A RAID
ON THE FAMILY CAMP OR A JAIL.
578
00:40:48,667 --> 00:40:50,697
SO THE MORTUARY, UH, PEOPLE
579
00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:52,030
LAY OUT THE FOUR BODIES
580
00:40:52,033 --> 00:40:54,133
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR MORTUARY
581
00:40:54,133 --> 00:40:55,403
ON THE SIDEWALK
582
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,670
FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW
ALL DAY THE NEXT DAY.
583
00:40:58,667 --> 00:41:01,527
THEY KNEW JOHN ASHLEY
WAS GONE NOW.
584
00:41:04,667 --> 00:41:06,067
THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT DIDN'T GRIEVE
585
00:41:06,067 --> 00:41:08,167
FOR THE ASHLEYS,
THAT -- THAT SAID,
586
00:41:08,167 --> 00:41:11,067
"EVEN IF --
EVEN IF THEY WERE EXECUTED,
587
00:41:11,067 --> 00:41:12,867
THEY HAD IT COMING."
588
00:41:31,933 --> 00:41:35,073
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
THAT HE WAS A GANGSTER
589
00:41:35,067 --> 00:41:37,727
AND A THIEF
AND A ROBBER AND A KILLER.
590
00:41:41,067 --> 00:41:42,927
Crowder: I KNOW PEOPLE
BREATHED A LOT EASIER
591
00:41:42,933 --> 00:41:45,833
AROUND THIS PART OF THE STATE
WHEN THOSE GUYS WERE GONE.
592
00:41:58,200 --> 00:41:59,670
WHAT DO YOU WANT, BAKER?
593
00:41:59,667 --> 00:42:01,567
HONOR WAS A -- WAS A PART
OF ALL OF THIS.
594
00:42:01,567 --> 00:42:03,897
AND PERSONAL, UH,
PERSONAL REPUTATION
595
00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:06,070
WAS, UH, WAS --
WAS IN THIS AS WELL.
596
00:42:06,067 --> 00:42:07,667
AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT.
597
00:42:07,667 --> 00:42:10,097
I THINK THE BEST THING
FOR THIS COUNTY
598
00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:13,870
WOULD BE IF THIS FEUD
WERE PUT TO BED FOR GOOD.
599
00:42:13,867 --> 00:42:15,267
DON'T YOU THINK?
600
00:42:26,067 --> 00:42:27,967
TAKE CARE
OF YOURSELF, LAURA.
601
00:42:42,467 --> 00:42:46,297
THE EYE WAS RETURNED
IN TIME FOR BURIAL.
602
00:42:46,300 --> 00:42:49,330
BURIAL WAS THAT TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 4th.
603
00:42:49,333 --> 00:42:52,333
AND THAT ALSO HAPPENED
TO HAVE BEEN THE ELECTION DAY.
604
00:42:52,333 --> 00:42:55,273
BOB BAKER
IS ELECTED UNANIMOUSLY.
605
00:43:06,333 --> 00:43:10,133
IN THE END, PEOPLE
DID NOT WEEP FOR JOHN ASHLEY.
606
00:43:10,133 --> 00:43:16,503
THEY FELT THAT, UH, THE LAW
HAD ULTIMATELY PREVAILED.
607
00:43:16,500 --> 00:43:17,730
Luckhardt:
LAURA UPTHEGROVE, OF COURSE,
608
00:43:17,733 --> 00:43:19,303
IS STILL, UH,
VERY DISTRAUGHT
609
00:43:19,300 --> 00:43:21,700
AND UPSET OVER THE DEATH
OF JOHN ASHLEY.
610
00:43:21,700 --> 00:43:23,530
SHE, UH, GETS IN
TROUBLE ONE FORM
611
00:43:23,533 --> 00:43:26,273
OR ANOTHER, MOSTLY AGAIN
SELLING ILLEGAL LIQUORS.
612
00:43:26,267 --> 00:43:27,497
THAT'S WHAT SHE KNEW TO DO.
613
00:43:27,500 --> 00:43:31,170
AND SHE'D BE IN AND OUT
OF JUST LOCAL JAILS.
614
00:43:31,167 --> 00:43:32,727
Kleinberg:
SHE WAS PRETTY TOUGH.
615
00:43:32,733 --> 00:43:34,703
BUT EVERYTHING KIND OF
FELL APART AFTER --
616
00:43:34,700 --> 00:43:36,130
AFTER THE ASHLEYS WERE KILLED.
617
00:43:36,133 --> 00:43:39,603
ONE DAY, SHE GRABBED A BOTTLE
OF CLEANING FLUID OFF THE SHELF,
618
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,970
DRANK IT AND FELL DEAD.
619
00:43:41,967 --> 00:43:45,267
AND SO THAT WAS THE TRAGIC END
OF LAURA UPTHEGROVE.
620
00:43:50,300 --> 00:43:52,500
Crowder:
SHERIFF BOB BAKER,
621
00:43:52,500 --> 00:43:55,170
WHO HAD TO ENDURE
THE CHALLENGING TIMES
622
00:43:55,167 --> 00:43:57,897
THAT HE DID HIS JOB IN,
623
00:43:57,900 --> 00:43:59,830
UH, HELPED TO CONTRIBUTE
624
00:43:59,833 --> 00:44:02,473
TO THE BETTERMENT
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
625
00:44:02,467 --> 00:44:04,627
AND, UH, THE BETTERMENT
OF THE COMMUNITY
626
00:44:04,633 --> 00:44:08,073
BY HELPING TO TAKE PEOPLE
LIKE THE ASHLEYS OFF THE STREET.
627
00:44:14,367 --> 00:44:17,397
THE ASHLEY GANG DIDN'T PUT
AN END TO THE BAKER LAWMEN.
628
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:19,070
HE PUT AN END TO THE ASHLEY GANG
629
00:44:19,067 --> 00:44:21,727
JUST LIKE HE SAID
HE WAS GONNA DO.
630
00:44:21,733 --> 00:44:27,303
SO IN THE LONG RUN,
THE GOOD GUYS WON.
631
00:44:27,300 --> 00:44:29,670
THE GOOD GUYS WON.
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