Andrew Johnson was born about 1847 in Massachusetts, Or so he said.
Name: Andy Johnson
Record Date: 19 Dec 1872
Place of Crime: Sacramento, California, USA
Institution Place: San Quentin, Marin, California, USA
Prisoner Number: 5447
Name: Andrew Johnsen
Record Date: 16 Apr 1878
Place of Crime: San Francisco, California, USA
Institution Place: San Quentin, Marin, California, USA
Prisoner Number: 8146
The following is from 1876
His partner in crime was Harry Norton Aka "Liverpool"
He was born in England about 1841
He was sentenced to San Quentin on 15 July 1876 for a term of 15 years. He escaped 10 Aug 1878. That didn't last long.
Here are some newspaper articles on these two.
1869
1871
1876
This did not happen, He never left.
1878
1880
1886
These two were in so much trouble all the time when they were free.
I would like to point out that there was a race horse in the late 1890's called Snapping Andy, I wonder if that horse was named after this Andy, that would be kinda cool.
These men lived in a time where guns were on their hips, the horse got you where you needed to go and drifting from place to place was what desperado's did. I didn't find them on any census records, no family. Just two friends watching out for each others backs and going to prison together and waiting for the other to get out and start all over again. We may think this was a sad life but I wonder if they were sad, maybe they were having the time of their lives. Who knows.
I really love their alias'
Here's one small article about the horse Snapping Andy.
Could you imagine living in 1890 in Quincy, California, sitting at a race track betting on Snapping Andy. I would bet $10.
By the way $10 in 1890 is worth $286.24 today.
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