On August 6, 2008, Chicago Public Radio’s 848 aired an interview with John Hallwas about his book Dime Novel Desperadoes: The Notorious Maxwell Brothers.

“Ed and Lon Maxwell were two outlaws from Illinois who were as renowned and feared as the James Gang and the rest of the desperado gunslingers. But even though a manhunt for them became the largest in our country’s history, they’re relatively unknown.”