Title: Robert Elliott Burns Description: Robert Elliott Burns (1891-1955), who escaped twice from a Georgia chain gang and whose odyssey became national news through his book and the film, I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, 1932, based upon his life, and the 1987 film The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains; Burns, an accountant, had been wrongly convicted of robbery through perjured testimony. Category: Crime Keywords: crime, criminal justice, criminology, law enforcement, escaped convicts, prison escapes, wrongly convicted persons Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1650 x 2171 (3.58 MPixels) (1.32) Print Size: 14.0 x 18.4 cm; 5.5 x 7.2 inches File Size: 10.27 MB (10,764,044 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000001292 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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