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John Ashley is shown here with a shotgun in the Florida backwoods, where as the leader of Florida's notorious Ashley Gang he spent much of his adult life evading lawmen. He based himself near his parents’ home in the piney flatwoods of Fruita, which he used as a pathway to the Everglades. SANDRA MARIO PROVENCE ARCHIVE

Life on the run

John Ashley spent much of his career as a criminal on the run, hiding out in the Everglades while in frequent communication with his family in Fruita

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