Lawmen pursue the James Gang...
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July 23, 1873
THE NEW-YORK TIMES, July 23, 1873
* Jesse James Gang
* 1st Train robbery
On the front page under "Daring Railway Robbery" with subheads: "A train thrown from the Track--The Engineer Killed--The Express Car Robbed by Armed Guerrillas". The account is quite lengthy with many details, taking over 3/4 of the column (see for portions). Although not named in the report, this was the first train robbery executed by the James Gang.
Other news of the day throughout. This issue is complete in 8 pages. There are small amounts of foxing in the margins but this paper is otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: On July 21, 1873, they turned to train robbery, derailing the Rock Island train in Adair, Iowa and stealing approximately $3,000 ($51,000 in 2007). For this, they wore Ku Klux Klan masks, deliberately taking on a potent symbol years after the Klan had been suppressed in the South by President Grant's use of the Force Acts. The railroads were becoming an axis of political protest by former rebels, who feared the trend toward centralization. The James' gang's later train robberies had a lighter touch—in fact only twice in all of Jesse James's train hold-ups did he rob passengers, because he typically limited himself to the express safe in the baggage car. Such techniques fostered the Robin Hood image which Edwards was creating in his newspapers, but the James gang never shared any of the money outside of their circle.
* Jesse James Gang
* 1st Train robbery
On the front page under "Daring Railway Robbery" with subheads: "A train thrown from the Track--The Engineer Killed--The Express Car Robbed by Armed Guerrillas". The account is quite lengthy with many details, taking over 3/4 of the column (see for portions). Although not named in the report, this was the first train robbery executed by the James Gang.
Other news of the day throughout. This issue is complete in 8 pages. There are small amounts of foxing in the margins but this paper is otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: On July 21, 1873, they turned to train robbery, derailing the Rock Island train in Adair, Iowa and stealing approximately $3,000 ($51,000 in 2007). For this, they wore Ku Klux Klan masks, deliberately taking on a potent symbol years after the Klan had been suppressed in the South by President Grant's use of the Force Acts. The railroads were becoming an axis of political protest by former rebels, who feared the trend toward centralization. The James' gang's later train robberies had a lighter touch—in fact only twice in all of Jesse James's train hold-ups did he rob passengers, because he typically limited himself to the express safe in the baggage car. Such techniques fostered the Robin Hood image which Edwards was creating in his newspapers, but the James gang never shared any of the money outside of their circle.
Category: Post-Civil War
