Train robbery by the Reno Gang...
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May 24, 1868
NEW YORK HERALD, New York, May 24, 1868
* Reno Gang (Renos)
* Scott County, Indiana train robbery
On page 7 under "Indiana" are two reports: "Daring Robbery of an Express City--The Car and Engine Stolen from the Train" & "More of the Express Robbery--The Loss $40,000, Partly Consigned to New York."
Each report has particulars of the robbery of three safes of the Adams Express Company on the Jefferson, Mo., & Indianapolis Railroad by the Reno Gang. The robbery was executed by disconnecting the express car from the engine while the train was stopped to take water at the whistle stop at Marshfield, Indiana.
Other news of the day. 12 pages in good condition.
wikipedia notes: The Reno Brothers Gang, also known as the Renos or the Reno Gang, was a group of criminals that operated in the Midwestern United States during and just after the American Civil War. Though short-lived, they carried out the first three peacetime train robberies in U.S. history. Most of the stolen money was never recovered.
The gang was broken with the lynchings of ten of its members by vigilante mobs in 1868. The murders created an international diplomatic incident with Canada and Great Britain, a general public uproar, and international newspaper coverage. No one was ever identified or prosecuted for the crimes.
The Reno Gang then robbed its fourth train on May 22. Twelve men boarded a Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad train as it stopped at the train depot in Marshfield, Indiana, a now defunct community in Scott County,Indiana. As the train pulled away, the gang overpowered the engineer and uncoupled the passenger cars, allowing the engine to speed away. After breaking into the express car and throwing express messenger Thomas Harkins off the train (causing fatal injuries), the gang broke open the safe, netting an estimated $96,000. This robbery gained national attention and was published in many major papers. The Pinkertons pursued, but the gang broke up and fled throughout the Midwest.
* Reno Gang (Renos)
* Scott County, Indiana train robbery
On page 7 under "Indiana" are two reports: "Daring Robbery of an Express City--The Car and Engine Stolen from the Train" & "More of the Express Robbery--The Loss $40,000, Partly Consigned to New York."
Each report has particulars of the robbery of three safes of the Adams Express Company on the Jefferson, Mo., & Indianapolis Railroad by the Reno Gang. The robbery was executed by disconnecting the express car from the engine while the train was stopped to take water at the whistle stop at Marshfield, Indiana.
Other news of the day. 12 pages in good condition.
wikipedia notes: The Reno Brothers Gang, also known as the Renos or the Reno Gang, was a group of criminals that operated in the Midwestern United States during and just after the American Civil War. Though short-lived, they carried out the first three peacetime train robberies in U.S. history. Most of the stolen money was never recovered.
The gang was broken with the lynchings of ten of its members by vigilante mobs in 1868. The murders created an international diplomatic incident with Canada and Great Britain, a general public uproar, and international newspaper coverage. No one was ever identified or prosecuted for the crimes.
The Reno Gang then robbed its fourth train on May 22. Twelve men boarded a Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad train as it stopped at the train depot in Marshfield, Indiana, a now defunct community in Scott County,Indiana. As the train pulled away, the gang overpowered the engineer and uncoupled the passenger cars, allowing the engine to speed away. After breaking into the express car and throwing express messenger Thomas Harkins off the train (causing fatal injuries), the gang broke open the safe, netting an estimated $96,000. This robbery gained national attention and was published in many major papers. The Pinkertons pursued, but the gang broke up and fled throughout the Midwest.
Category: Post-Civil War
