Roy George Gardner was born 5 Jan 1884 in Trenton, MO to George William Gardner (1851-1928) & Harriett Abbie Moberley (1860-1915).
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45965075/roy-george-gardner/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45965109/roy-george-gardner/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45964522/roy-george-gardner/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45964697/roy-george-gardner/
He escapes and get caught and sent to Atlanta, GA for his remainder of time. During all this time his wife asks for a divorce and it's all over the newspapers for months in 1936.
He has a long record:
4 Sep 1934 he was inmate #110 at Alcatraz for robbing mail truck 2 counts. Transferred to Leavenworth.
He was also at Leavenworth in 1930 and released 18 Jun 1938.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45965487/roy-george-gardner/
His early criminal career started in California.
Inmate: #24840 San Quentin Prison
Rec:16 Feb 1911
Crime:Grand Larceny
Term: 5 years
Roy married Florence Irene Nelson nickname "Dolly" 1 Jun 1916, they had a daughter named Jean Abbie Gardner (1917-1995). Florence was a nurse at Napa State Hospital, after she divorced Roy she married William Parkes a Merchant Seaman from England (1896-2002).
Photo of Florence from the newspapers
Here are some more clippings on Roy
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45963539/roy-george-gardner/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45962607/roy-george-gardner/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45961151/roy-george-gardner/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45965538/roy-george-gardner/
Roy committed suicide on 10 Jan 1940, he rented a room in a hotel and left this note on his bathroom door.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45966033/roy-g-gardner/
I guess it was a huge changed in the outside world after being locked up for so long, and waking up feeling old, although he was only 52 when he took his life.
Inmate: #3806 McNeil Island Federal Prison
Rec: 16 Jun 1921
Crime: Robbery
Term: 25 yrs
He robbed a mail truck
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45965075/roy-george-gardner/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45965109/roy-george-gardner/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45964522/roy-george-gardner/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45964697/roy-george-gardner/
He escapes and get caught and sent to Atlanta, GA for his remainder of time. During all this time his wife asks for a divorce and it's all over the newspapers for months in 1936.
He has a long record:
4 Sep 1934 he was inmate #110 at Alcatraz for robbing mail truck 2 counts. Transferred to Leavenworth.
He was also at Leavenworth in 1930 and released 18 Jun 1938.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45965487/roy-george-gardner/
His early criminal career started in California.
Inmate: #24840 San Quentin Prison
Rec:16 Feb 1911
Crime:Grand Larceny
Term: 5 years
Here are some more clippings on Roy
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45963539/roy-george-gardner/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45962607/roy-george-gardner/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45961151/roy-george-gardner/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45965538/roy-george-gardner/
Roy committed suicide on 10 Jan 1940, he rented a room in a hotel and left this note on his bathroom door.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45966033/roy-g-gardner/
I guess it was a huge changed in the outside world after being locked up for so long, and waking up feeling old, although he was only 52 when he took his life.
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