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Train Robbery Foiled by West and McNeel in 1888
Duval West and Captain J. S. McNeel defended a mail car during a planned September 22, 1888 train robbery near Harwood Texas. Facing an armed gang, they exchanged fire across a menacing night, held the attackers at bay, and protected the express car as a backstory to Rankin era vigilance along the Southern Pacific line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Duval
San Antonio
Mexico
Mr. West
Republic
Duval West
United States
Southern Pacific Railway
West
Marshall Rankin
Texas
Southern Pacific Railway Company
J.S. McNeel
Marshall John Rankin
Bill Whiteley
Marshall
Whiteley
Goliad County
Flatonia
McNeil
Austin
Captain McNeil
Bee County
Southern Pacific
Houston
Schulenburg
McNeel
Sarano
Harwood
Jim
Dan Toomey
leNeel
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