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The trio attempted to rob a train traveling between St. Peter and Kasota but where stopped by the arrival of Pinkerton agents. [27] Frenso, California: 1 August 1892 George, John Sontag, and Chris Evans: The trio robbed a train leaving Frenso and got $500 worth of Mexican and Peruvian currency. [27] Huntington, West Virginia: before 16 December ...
Samuel Bass (July 21, 1851 – July 21, 1878) was a 19th-century American train robber, outlaw, and outlaw gang leader. Notably, he was a member of a gang of six that robbed a Union Pacific train in Nebraska of $60,000 in newly minted gold from San Francisco, California. To date, this is the biggest train robbery to have been committed in the USA.
Train robberies are a common depiction in Western films and media. The first movie to depict a train robbery was the 1903 silent film The Great Train Robbery, produced by Edison Studios. This 11-minute film depicts a gang of outlaws who rob a train, only to later be hunted down by vigilantes and killed in a shootout.
The Gads Hill Train Robbery (also known as the Great Missouri Train Robbery) was a crime committed by the James–Younger Gang in Gads Hill, Missouri. In January 1874, five members of the James–Younger gang robbed a train and stole $12,000 (equivalent to $290,000 in 2023) [1] in cash. All five escaped.
The rail yard thefts and resulting garbage have made a scene in L.A. But the train robberies of California's past were decidedly more violent.
Lamond Ellis is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick.
When he was released, Alvord went to Central America and was last seen in 1910 while working on the Panama Canal. Bill Downing received similar treatment. Because he was a prominent cattleman, as well as a former member of the Bass Gang, Downing was not charged with train robbery either, but on another charge he served seven years in Yuma.
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