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He was often suspected and arrested for being a front man for his brother"s bank robberies. On April 21, 1925, Fred was arrested and held in the Clay County, Indiana jail in connection with the robbery of the Laketon State Bank in Laketon, Indiana. Detectives intended to grill him to determine if he was related to Harry, held at the time for the robbery of the South Side State Bank in Kokomo, Indiana.
Fred died in 1940 in an automobile accident.
Fred was buried in the Pierpont family plot in Holy Cross Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.
