In 1951, Saturday Evening Post reporter, Mitch Ohnstad, asked the famous gentleman bank robber Slick Willie Sutton, “Why do you rob banks?” Legend has it that Sutton looked a little surprised, as if he had been asked: “Why does a smoker light a cigarette?” He was reported to have replied, “I rob banks because that’s where the money is.” Well, duh. Willie was pretty straightforward with his ambition. He knew where the money was, and he … read more Newsletter #153—The Gentleman Bank Robber