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William Nesbit
William Nesbit may refer to: * William Nesbit (thief) (1899–1983), American jewel thief who briefly escaped prison and was on the FBI's most wanted list * William Nesbit (activist) (1822–1895), African-American civil rights leader See also * William Nesbitt (other) William Nesbitt may refer to: * William Nesbitt (Nova Scotia politician), member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly * William Beattie Nesbitt, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario * Billy Nesbitt, English footballer See also * William ... * William Nisbet (other) {{hndis, Nesbit, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Nesbit (thief)
William Raymond Nesbit (June 1, 1899 – August 6, 1983) was an American jewel thief active in the 1930s. He was born in Marshalltown, Iowa. Background On December 31, 1936, he killed fellow thief Harold Baker in a gunpowder explosion in Minnehaha County, near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He was arrested February 26, 1937, and was convicted and sentenced on May 28, 1937, to life imprisonment, which on February 18, 1946, was commuted to 20 years incarceration. Imprisoned in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, he eventually became a "trusty" and the personal chauffeur of the warden. Disappearance and capture On September 4, 1946, he failed to return from running errands, and on December 26, 1946, he was charged ''trial in absentia, in absentia'' with unlawful flight to avoid confinement. On March 15, 1950, he became FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1950, the third member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's first-ever FBI ten most wanted fugitives list, and was arrested in a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Nesbit (activist)
William Nesbit (October 11, 1822 – October 26, 1895) was an African American civic leader in Altoona, Pennsylvania and an instrumental lobbyist for the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Career After visiting Liberia in 1853 on the '' Isla de Cuba'', Nesbit became vocally critical of colonizing Liberia. He describes his experiences and observations in colonial Liberia in a pamphlet he wrote in 1855 entitled "Four Months in Liberia, Or, African Colonization Exposed." Nesbit was active in the Altoona community, serving as a Notary Public and acting as a Blair County, Pennsylvania Republican candidate to the Pennsylvania state convention. Nesbit served as the first president of The Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League, a chapter of the National Equal Rights League. In this capacity, he successfully lobbied US Congress with congressional allies Charles Sumner, William Kelley and Thaddeus Stevens into passing the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868. He organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Nesbitt (other)
William Nesbitt may refer to: * William Nesbitt (Nova Scotia politician), member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly * William Beattie Nesbitt, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario * Billy Nesbitt, English footballer See also * William Nesbit (other) William Nesbit may refer to: * William Nesbit (thief) (1899–1983), American jewel thief who briefly escaped prison and was on the FBI's most wanted list * William Nesbit (activist) (1822–1895), African-American civil rights leader See also ... * William Nisbet (other) {{hndis, Nesbitt, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
