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The Hoodoo Gold Brick Gang at Sidney Saga
A long tale recalls the thirty gilded bricks forged to sell as genuine gold in Sidney Nebraska. Doc Baggs and Jimmy Feen led schemes selling brass plated bricks with hidden gold, ending with the final brick displayed on the Tobin building in Sidney.
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Gan
Pees
Nebraska
Doc Baggs
Jimmy Feen
Orna
Twelfth
Larmer Streets
Sidney Gang
Semeiers
Capitol
Harberson
Johnny Barnes
Deadwood
Wild Bill
Jack McCall
Old Bill
Charley Storms
Storms
Barnes
Mexico
Wild Bit Hickok
Sidney
Fremont
Scott Davis
Davis
Gus Patterson
American Express Company
Omaha
New York
Tobin