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66 Facts About Harry Bowman

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Harry Bowman became the 453rd fugitive listed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list after he was indicted on federal racketeering and murder charges in August 1997.

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Harry Bowman was convicted in Tampa, Florida in April 2001 of the murders of gang members, bombings of rival gangs' clubhouses and businesses, racketeering, conspiracy and various drug and firearm offenses.

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Harry Bowman was sentenced to serve two life prison sentences plus 83 years.

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Harry Bowman died of cancer at the Federal Medical Center, Butner at the age of 69 on March 3,2019.

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One of five children of Geraldine and Hiram Joseph Harry Bowman, he was born in Marysville, Michigan on July 17,1949.

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Harry Bowman's mother worked as an accountant for the United States government.

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Harry Bowman was raised on a farm on Range Road in St Clair Township and graduated from Port Huron Catholic High School.

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Harry Bowman was arrested twice by Port Huron police for disorderly conduct in the 1960s.

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Harry Bowman received the nickname "Taco" because of his dark complexion and resemblance to a person of Hispanic descent.

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Harry Bowman was affiliated with the Devils Diciples before joining the Outlaws.

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Harry Bowman became the president of the Detroit chapter of the Outlaws in 1970.

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Harry Bowman was present at the Kitchener chapter clubhouse when Satan's Choice member Lorne Campbell almost got into a fight with an Outlaws biker from Nashville in a dispute over a mutual girlfriend.

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Campbell threatened to throw the Outlaw down a staircase but, following biker protocol, sent for Harry Bowman before doing so.

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Harry Bowman was able to mollify Campbell and save the Outlaw from harm.

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Harry Bowman was instrumental in the Outlaws' development into an international club by "patching over" several Satan's Choice chapters.

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Harry Bowman courted Garnet "Mother" McEwen, the St Catharines Satan's Choice chapter president who advocated for "Yankeeization" of his club, during several visits by McEwen to the US Members of the Detroit Outlaws were invited by McEwen to provide intimidation at a meeting in Crystal Beach, Ontario on July 1,1977, at which eight of the thirteen Satan's Choice chapters defected to join the Outlaws.

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On March 3,1982, Harry Bowman allegedly killed 38-year-old Arthur Allen "Good Old Speed" Vincent, a probationary member of the Dayton Outlaws, for "running his mouth" at an Outlaws party during Daytona Beach Bike Week in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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Harry Bowman was then shot execution-style in the back of the head.

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Harry Bowman relocated the Outlaws' international headquarters from Chicago to Detroit and conducted his presidential activities from the Detroit chapter's fortified clubhouse on Warren Avenue, overseeing various matters, from setting the club's policies regarding rival motorcycle gangs to monitoring the activities of members.

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Harry Bowman travelled in a custom-made, armor-plated Cadillac automobile and was usually accompanied by at least one armed bodyguard.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Bill Randall said that Harry Bowman "went against the grain and kept one foot in the straight world and the other in the biker world, while most of those guys want to stay as far away from the two-car garage and picket fence thing as possible".

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Harry Bowman developed a reputation as a formidable, ruthless and inventive, but discreet crime boss.

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Harry Bowman was "dead set" against publicity for himself or his club.

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Harry Bowman forged ties with Italian and Eastern European crime groups as well as influential members of legitimate society, including philanthropists, politicians, judges and policemen.

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Harry Bowman built a sophisticated counterintelligence network by having Outlaws members collect search warrant affidavits and newspaper clippings that provided details on law enforcement efforts against the club, and attend trials to gather information on witnesses against the Outlaws.

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Harry Bowman typically wore a full-length black cape embroidered with a swastika while holding club meetings.

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Harry Bowman was prone to psychotic outbursts, mood swings and paranoia.

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Harry Bowman was both a user and distributor of narcotics who dealt cocaine, marijuana and Valium to other Outlaws members.

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In 1988, Harry Bowman met with Hells Angels leaders to negotiate safe routes for members of both clubs to attend the federal courthouse in Louisville, Kentucky, where ten Hells Angels members were standing trial accused of conspiring to bomb the Outlaws' clubhouse in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville.

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Harry Bowman then ordered Hicks to "take care" of the situation; Wolfe was beaten by Hicks and another Outlaw and expelled from the club.

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Harry Bowman ultimately acquiesced his control of the gambling rackets, and the contract on his life was rescinded after Frank Bommarito brokered a "sitdown" between Harry Bowman and Anthony "Tony Jack" Giacalone, the Detroit Partnership's street boss and uncle of Jack Giacalone.

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Harry Bowman then ordered Hicks to have Talley report to Detroit.

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Christie believed Harry Bowman was persuaded to abandon a truce with the Hells Angels by one of his lieutenants, Kevin "Spike" O'Neill, who thought agreeing to a ceasefire would make the Outlaws appear weak.

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Ahead of a Pro Stock Motorcycle drag race in Milwaukee in June 1993 at which Patrick "Pat" Matter, the president of the Minneapolis Hells Angels chapter, was expected to compete in full Hells Angels "colors", Harry Bowman led a contingent of 25 to 30 Outlaws in confronting Matter.

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Harry Bowman took offence to Hells Angels wearing their biker vests in Milwaukee, a city considered Outlaws territory, and arrived at Matter's motel in a Lincoln automobile with a bodyguard wielding a MAC-10 submachine gun, leading to an armed standoff with a group of Hells Angels who were positioned on the second floor of the motel.

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On December 31,1993, Harry Bowman gave a speech to hundreds of senior Outlaws members at a New Year's Eve party at a Fort Lauderdale hotel suite, announcing that the club would be escalating hostilities against the Hells Angels and their supporters in the coming year and demanding his followers carry out attacks around the country.

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Harry Bowman urged the Outlaws to be "rottener" than ever before in their actions, and allegedly placed $100,000 bounties on the lives of Sonny Barger and George Christie.

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The night before the event, Harry Bowman met with the attending Outlaws leaders, including Gary, Indiana chapter president Randy "Mad" Yager, and gave the order to attack members of the Invaders, a biker gang who customarily attended the event and who the Outlaws suspected were affiliated with the Hells Angels, at the speedway the following day.

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Harry Bowman rode his motorcycle at the front of Posnjak's funeral procession in Buffalo on September 29,1994.

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At a meeting of regional Outlaws presidents, Harry Bowman criticized one club leader, Michael "Mad Mike" Markham, for failing to take action against the Hells Angels in his territory.

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Harry Bowman held another New Year's Eve summit on December 31,1994, hosting a meeting of Outlaws officers in Detroit.

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Harry Bowman then returned to Florida but was directed by Bowman to take the map to Tennessee following the racketeering indictment against the Daytona Outlaws in February 1995.

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Harry Bowman became a fugitive from justice over the next eighteen months, moving between a series of safehouses across the country with the aid of various Outlaws chapters as well as his contacts in the Detroit Mafia.

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On March 14,1998, Harry Bowman was added to the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, with federal authorities offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

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Harry Bowman had a swastika tattoo on his right forearm, and a "Merlin the Magician" figure on his left forearm.

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At approximately 9:15 pm on June 7,1999, Harry Bowman was taken into custody without incident at a home on Griggs Drive in the Detroit suburb of Sterling Heights.

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Harry Bowman was socializing with senior Outlaws members in the backyard of the house when around 40 FBI agents, SWAT team members and Sterling Heights police officers surrounded the residence.

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An FBI crisis negotiator made a phone call to the home where they had learned Harry Bowman was residing and persuaded him to surrender peacefully.

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FBI Director Louis Freeh acknowledged in a statement that Harry Bowman was apprehended after a tip from a member of the public.

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Harry Bowman was ordered extradited to Florida to stand trial.

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Harry Bowman went on trial in Tampa beginning on March 19,2001, on ten counts involving crimes committed between 1980 and 1997.

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Harry Bowman was represented by noted defense attorney Henry Gonzalez of Tampa.

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Harry Bowman wore spectacles and a dark suit and sported a styled hair throughout his trial.

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Courthouse security was increased; additional guards were placed in the courtroom, visitors were required to pass through metal detectors, and the judge banned Harry Bowman from handling any sharp objects, ordering him to use felt-tipped pens.

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The prosecutors representing the federal government, Terry Furr and Stephen Kunz, asserted that Harry Bowman had sought to claim Florida and other states as Outlaws territory and ordered murders and other acts of violence against informants and rival biker gangs in a "campaign of terror".

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The defense team maintained that Harry Bowman was simply the leader of a motorcycle club and was the victim of rogue members who committed crimes without his knowledge or permission.

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Harry Bowman's attorney contended that it was in fact local chapter leaders who orchestrated murders and bombings.

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Harry Bowman objected to the documents being shown, arguing that the admission of the Outlaws' whites-only policy was inflammatory and prejudicial as he was not charged with any racially-motivated crimes.

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On July 27,2001, Bowman was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment, three terms of 28 years, two terms of ten years, and one term of three years, to run concurrently, by James S Moody Jr.

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Additionally, Moody ordered Harry Bowman to pay $18,000 in restitution to Chaffin's widow.

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Harry Bowman declined the opportunity to say anything on his own behalf before he was sentenced, and simply smiled and shook his lawyer's hand at the end of his sentencing hearing.

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When he was seeking assistance on appeal strategies, Harry Bowman contacted George Christie and asked his permission to hire Christie's daughter, Moriya, as his attorney, to which Christie consented.

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The FBI agent Tim Donovan, who was part of the investigation against Harry Bowman, surmised that the club would continue to operate as a viable criminal enterprise despite his conviction, stating: "Sadly, there is always someone to take their place".

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Harry Bowman died from cancer at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina on March 3,2019, at the age of 69.

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Harry Bowman was laid to rest at Bear Creek Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio on March 16,2019.

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Harry Bowman had chosen to be buried at Bear Creek as it was the final resting place of many of his "Outlaw brothers".