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Rube Burrow robbed another Texas & Pacific Express in a manner very similar to the robbery in Benbrook. [21] Genoa, Arkansas: 9 December, 1887 Rube Burrow and Jim Brock The men stopped a St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railroad express train in Genoa, Arkansas.
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".
The Newton Gang (ca. 1919 through 1924) was an outlaw gang of the early 20th century, who engaged in train robbery and bank robbery.From 1919 through 1924 the gang robbed dozens of banks, claiming a total of seventy-five banks [1] and six trains. [1]
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]
The Baxter's Curve Train Robbery, also known as the Sanderson Train Robbery, occurred in 1912 near the town of Sanderson, Texas. Ben Kilpatrick and his partner, Ole Hobek, attempted to rob a Southern Pacific express car, but they were stopped by one of their hostages, David A. Trousdale, who managed to kill both of the bandits. [1]
A serial killer used America’s vast train network as his personal hunting ground in the 1990s. The desperate hunt for Angel Maturino Resendiz, alias Rafael Resendez-Ramirez – chronicled in ...
Contemporary press coverage of the sensational heist made Bass and his gang of "Black Hills Bandits" instantly famous. It remains the largest single robbery in the history of the Union Pacific Railroad. Several of the gang members were killed in the days following the robbery, but Bass escaped.
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