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Judge Egan risks life to save stagecoach crew in old California
In 1800s San Juan Capistrano era, Judge Richard Egan, Los Angeles County official and former Confederate Army member, rode with a stagecoach crew attacked by a bandit. He aided a wounded driver after a shot shattered his hand, stopped the bleeding, and guided the stage to safety, continuing to San Juan Capistrano until rail travel arrived in 1887.
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