John Krafchenko was a notorious early 20th-century Canadian bank robber and murderer. Born in 1879 in Hungary, he immigrated to Canada and quickly became involved in crime. He gained infamy for a violent 1913 bank robbery in New Westminster, British Columbia, during which a police officer was killed. Krafchenko was eventually captured after a dramatic manhunt and stood trial in a highly publicized case. He was convicted of murder and executed by hanging in 1914. His crimes and sensational trial captivated the public and marked one of Canada's earliest high-profile criminal cases.