Willie Sutton

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American gangster bank robber book criminal heuristic human

Willie Sutton was a notorious 20th-century American bank robber famed for his multiple prison escapes and the apocryphal quote that he robbed banks "because that's where the money is."

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American gangster → bank robber → book → criminal → heuristic → human →
addedToList	FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list →
addedToListDate	1950-03-20 →
arrested	1952-02-18 →
arrestPlace	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States →
associatedConcept	Sutton's law →
author	Willie Sutton →
birthDate	1901-06-30 →
birthPlace	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States →
burialPlace	Saint John Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
convictedIn	United States federal courts →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
criminalCharge	armed robbery → bank robbery →
deathDate	1980-11-02 →
escapeFrom	Eastern State Penitentiary → Holmesburg Prison → Sing Sing Correctional Facility →
familyName	Sutton →
fullName	William Francis Sutton Jr. →
genre	true crime →
givenName	William →
influenced	popular image of the gentleman bank robber →
knownFor	apocryphal quote about robbing banks "because that's where the money is" → multiple prison escapes → robbing banks in the United States →
mediaAppearance	subject of numerous newspaper articles in the mid-20th century →
namedAfter	Willie Sutton →
nickname	Slick Willie → The Actor → Willie Sutton →
notableQuote	I rob banks because that’s where the money is. →
notableWork	Where the Money Was: The Memoirs of a Bank Robber →
numberOfPrisonEscapes	3 →
occupation	author → bank robber →
publicationDate	1976 →
quoteAttributionStatus	apocryphal →
releasedOnParole	1969 →
sentence	long-term imprisonment →
usedIn	medicine →
yearsActive	1920s–1950s →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Where the Money Was: The Memoirs of a Bank Robber →	author
Sutton's law →	namedAfter
Willie Sutton →	nickname
Eastern State Penitentiary →	notableInmate