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In 1924, the gang would commit the biggest rail heist in American history by robbing a mail train near Rondout, Illinois. The gang netted $3 million in cash, jewelry and negotiable securities but one of the members, Doc Newton was wounded by one of the gang which prevented their successful escape.
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Prior to the development of railroads, stagecoach robbery was common. [1] Especially in Europe and North America, stagecoaches and mail couriers were frequently targeted for their cargo. As coaches and horses were phased out in favor of trains, which could haul far more freight and passengers, so too did robbers adjust their targets. [2]
A serial killer used America’s vast train network as his personal hunting ground in the 1990s. ... a determination that sparked the manhunt to find the so-called Railroad Killer as he prowled ...
Henry (Lorenz) Loftus (born 1915) and Harry (Dwyer) Donaldson (born 1910) were two young men who made national headlines for their unsuccessful attempt to rob the Southern Pacific Railroad's Apache Limited in 1937. The last major train robbery in the United States, the two have been referred to as "the last of America's classic train robbers".
A year-to-date comparison between 2023 and 2024 from Jan. 1 to Oct. 24 each year shows a 29.7% decrease in murders, 27.2% decrease in robberies, 22.7% decrease in burglaries and 16.5% decrease in ...
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On Dec. 22, 1984, Bernhard Goetz shot a group of would-be robbers on a New York City subway car in a case that has been compared to Daniel Penny's chokehold charges.