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Mail Clerk Alvin Page Becomes Fort Worth Hero In Train Holdup Case
The story recounts how Alvin Page, a Fort Worth mail clerk, infiltrated a band of train robbers led by Indian Charlie. Agents staged a dramatic foiling of the No. 11 heist near Fort Worth with secret service support, resulting in the killers’ deaths or capture. Page earned praise from Postmaster General Hays and a potential promotion, while the bandits were chased to Lake Worth and taken.
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Alvin
Page
Fort Worth
Washington
Hays
Patrick V. Cahill
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Federal Secret Service
Baton Rouge
Charlie
Bill” Edwards
The
Texas & Pacific
Dallas
Forth Worth
Breckenridge
Secret Service
Texas & Pa
Lake Worth
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Alvin Page
Ft. Worth
Edwards
Skeet” Jenkins
Post Office Department