Brilliant Author on Notorious Tricks Against Justice
A celebrated writer known for Master Man Hunters and Master Spies presents true tales of ingenious attempts to outwit law and the evolving chase between clever criminals and relentless investigators. The author compiles cases of near perfect crimes and the methods used to foil them.
The Race of the Blazing Railway Train
In 1862 Civil War Georgia a and twenty Ohio volunteers led by J Andrews steal a locomotive and three cars at Big Shanty Marietta to disrupt Confederate rail lines. They outrun pursuers, torch bridges, and race toward Chattanooga using improvised burns and a Yonah engine. The raid ends with Andrews and seven others executed. eight escape to Union lines.
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O. M. Mitchel
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Georgia
Mitchel
Unionines
J. Andrews
Andrews
Ohio
Marietta
Andrew
Big Shanty
Kenesaw Mountain
Knight
Brown
W. A. Fuller
Anthony Murphy
Atlanta
Kingston
Oosenaula
Chickamauga
Etowah
Yonah
Gen. Beauregard
Etawak
Fuller
Murphy
Calhoun
Adairsville
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