World, chase me down

In 1900, out-of-work butcher Pat Crowe kidnaps and ransoms the teenage son of Omaha's wealthiest meatpacking tycoon. After receiving $25,000 in gold and releasing the boy, Crowe makes his way across America and beyond, bank-robbing, safe-cracking, burgling, and bond-jumping his way into the public eye. The manhunt that followed became the thrill of the nation.