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Manager Holds Up Train by Whisky Demands
A North Carolina railway manager faces a gang of armed mountain men who stop a noon express to protest moonshine theft of their Christmas whisky. He negotiates safety for passengers, offers to surrender the $400,000 express cargo, and agrees to stop the jug heist by blending every brand into a shared dram as he calms the standoff.
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North Carolina
Tompkins
Kentucky
Havana
New York
Express
Expressman
Bill Simmons
No. 9
Mountaineer
United States
Chicago