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Kinnie Wagner
Proper Name- William Wagner
AKA- Kinnie Wagner
Known Associates-
Place of Birth- Scott County, Virginia
Date of Birth- February 18, 1903
Date of Death- Sometime in 1958
Cause of Death- Died in Prison


William "Kinnie" Wagner was born in Scott County, Virginia, on February 18, 1903. He was one of eight children of Charles Monroe and Nancy Clinton Wagner. In his childhood, he became proficient at target shooting and, at the age of 16, Kinnie joined the Richard Brothers Circus. Because of his skill as a bronco buster and target shooter, he became known to audiences as the "Texas Kid." After leaving the circus, Kinnie began running moonshine in Mississippi. This ultimately led to a shoot-out in which a deputy was killed. Kinnie claimed the shooting was justified and said that he had been framed by a sheriff who'd hired him to run moonshine. He claimed that, when the FBI came to the county to conduct investigations concerning the manufacture of illegal......

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