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Train Robber Reflections on a Westward Hold-Up
An outlaw recounts a railroad robbery experience detailing the assault, taking hostages, and loot. He describes the crew and passengers cowed by fear, the messengers, safes, and a final haul of about seventeen hundred dollars per man. He explains motives, methods, and why train robbery is perilous and overrated, with lessons from eight years on the dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesenger
Senate
Jim
Sam
Broadway
Cimarron
Washington City
Uncle
Nabobsa
Miassasippi
Altho
Ike
Secret Service
Marshalan
Mech
Moses
John Doe
Daltona
Cherokee Nation
Dalton
Adair
Dalton Gang
Daltons
Pryor Creek