otto wood was a one armed bandit who i,m related to he was shot and killed by salisbury police on w innes st in salisbury nc after being wanted in all 50 states he had one arm∼Criminal and escape artist, Otto Wood was Born in Wilkes County, NC on May 9th 1893. He Started his life of crime at a very early age, stealing a bicycle from a boy in Wilkes County. He was arrested for that crime and sent to the Wilkes County Jail. He was found Guilty, but because of his age he was sent home to his mother.
Wood hopped his first train when he was seven, travelling to stay with relatives in West Virginia. There, his kinfolk (the McCoy-feuding Hatfields) taught him how to gamble, make illegal whisky and fight.
He suffered from a foot ailment (a birth defect) and lost his left hand when he was a teenager. According to some reports he lost his hand in an accident while working for the railroad in West Virginia. Another story, told by relatives, is that the injury occurred while Wood was hunting.
Repeated scrapes with the law, mostly involving thefts and bootlegging, led to numerous incarcerations in jails in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. He is credited with a total of 10 jail breaks throughout his criminal career. In 1923, Wood was charged with the murder of A.W. Kaplan, a Greensboro, N.C. pawnbroker. He was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to serve 30 years in N.C. Central Prison in Raleigh. After that conviction, Wood made four escapes from the state prison. During his time in that prison, Wood wrote an autobiography.
Following his last escape, Wood was spotted by police officers in Salisbury, N.C., on December 31, 1930. They approached Wood, killing him in the ensuing shootout.
A year after his death, the Carolina Buddies recorded the song "Otto Wood The Bandit" on Columbia Records.
Otto is my Cousin through his Mother Staley.
Wood hopped his first train when he was seven, travelling to stay with relatives in West Virginia. There, his kinfolk (the McCoy-feuding Hatfields) taught him how to gamble, make illegal whisky and fight.
He suffered from a foot ailment (a birth defect) and lost his left hand when he was a teenager. According to some reports he lost his hand in an accident while working for the railroad in West Virginia. Another story, told by relatives, is that the injury occurred while Wood was hunting.
Repeated scrapes with the law, mostly involving thefts and bootlegging, led to numerous incarcerations in jails in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. He is credited with a total of 10 jail breaks throughout his criminal career. In 1923, Wood was charged with the murder of A.W. Kaplan, a Greensboro, N.C. pawnbroker. He was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to serve 30 years in N.C. Central Prison in Raleigh. After that conviction, Wood made four escapes from the state prison. During his time in that prison, Wood wrote an autobiography.
Following his last escape, Wood was spotted by police officers in Salisbury, N.C., on December 31, 1930. They approached Wood, killing him in the ensuing shootout.
A year after his death, the Carolina Buddies recorded the song "Otto Wood The Bandit" on Columbia Records.
Otto is my Cousin through his Mother Staley.
otto wood was a one armed bandit who i,m related to he was shot and killed by salisbury police on w innes st in salisbury nc after being wanted in all 50 states he had one arm∼Criminal and escape artist, Otto Wood was Born in Wilkes County, NC on May 9th 1893. He Started his life of crime at a very early age, stealing a bicycle from a boy in Wilkes County. He was arrested for that crime and sent to the Wilkes County Jail. He was found Guilty, but because of his age he was sent home to his mother.
Wood hopped his first train when he was seven, travelling to stay with relatives in West Virginia. There, his kinfolk (the McCoy-feuding Hatfields) taught him how to gamble, make illegal whisky and fight.
He suffered from a foot ailment (a birth defect) and lost his left hand when he was a teenager. According to some reports he lost his hand in an accident while working for the railroad in West Virginia. Another story, told by relatives, is that the injury occurred while Wood was hunting.
Repeated scrapes with the law, mostly involving thefts and bootlegging, led to numerous incarcerations in jails in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. He is credited with a total of 10 jail breaks throughout his criminal career. In 1923, Wood was charged with the murder of A.W. Kaplan, a Greensboro, N.C. pawnbroker. He was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to serve 30 years in N.C. Central Prison in Raleigh. After that conviction, Wood made four escapes from the state prison. During his time in that prison, Wood wrote an autobiography.
Following his last escape, Wood was spotted by police officers in Salisbury, N.C., on December 31, 1930. They approached Wood, killing him in the ensuing shootout.
A year after his death, the Carolina Buddies recorded the song "Otto Wood The Bandit" on Columbia Records.
Otto is my Cousin through his Mother Staley.
Wood hopped his first train when he was seven, travelling to stay with relatives in West Virginia. There, his kinfolk (the McCoy-feuding Hatfields) taught him how to gamble, make illegal whisky and fight.
He suffered from a foot ailment (a birth defect) and lost his left hand when he was a teenager. According to some reports he lost his hand in an accident while working for the railroad in West Virginia. Another story, told by relatives, is that the injury occurred while Wood was hunting.
Repeated scrapes with the law, mostly involving thefts and bootlegging, led to numerous incarcerations in jails in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. He is credited with a total of 10 jail breaks throughout his criminal career. In 1923, Wood was charged with the murder of A.W. Kaplan, a Greensboro, N.C. pawnbroker. He was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to serve 30 years in N.C. Central Prison in Raleigh. After that conviction, Wood made four escapes from the state prison. During his time in that prison, Wood wrote an autobiography.
Following his last escape, Wood was spotted by police officers in Salisbury, N.C., on December 31, 1930. They approached Wood, killing him in the ensuing shootout.
A year after his death, the Carolina Buddies recorded the song "Otto Wood The Bandit" on Columbia Records.
Otto is my Cousin through his Mother Staley.
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