id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7355 Willie Sutton - Wikipedia .html text/html 2318 248 73 (June 30, 1901 – November 2, 1980) was an American bank robber.[1] During his forty-year robbery career he stole an estimated $2 million, and he eventually spent more than half of his adult life in prison and escaped three times. Gangsters from the time period, and many incarcerated organized crime inmates, enjoyed having Sutton for companionship. On February 15, 1933, Sutton attempted to rob the Corn Exchange Bank and Trust Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sutton was apprehended on February 5, 1934, and was sentenced to serve 25 to 50 years in the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the machine gun robbery of the Corn Exchange Bank. "Sutton's law"[edit] Main article: Sutton's law ^ a b c Sutton W, Linn E: Where the Money Was: The Memoirs of a Bank Robber. "Sutton, Willie (1901-1980), bank robber". 'Willie Sutton Is Dead At 79', New York Times obituary, November 19, 1980 ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7355.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7355.txt