3. Charles Hendrickson (aka "The Blue Parka Bandit")
The enigmatic Charles Hendrickson represented the Alaskan answer to Robin Hood. Known as “The Blue Parka Bandit” or “The Blue Parka Man” for his costume of choice, the trained mining engineer-turned-robber made his crooked living over a two-month period in 1905 by stealing fresh gold from prospectors in Fairbanks, Alaska. While robbing a group of men, Charles Hendrickson discovered that one of them was Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe, which prompted the bandit to give some money back as a “church donation.” Already a fugitive before he was captured for the robberies, Charles Hendrickson made a number of escape attempts before his release from behind bars in 1920.