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The 'Black Jack' Ketchum Gang robs a train...
The 'Black Jack' Ketchum Gang robs a train...
Item # 692518
September 09, 1897
HELENA WEEKLY HERALD, Montana, Sept. 9, 1897
* Tom Edward 'Black Jack' Ketchum gang
* Twin Mountain - New Mexico train robbery
The top of the front page has a report headed: "TRAIN ROBBED" "Two Masked Robbers Hold up Passenger Train Near Twin Mountain, Colorado" "The Brutally Use Express Messenger and Force Him to Open the Safe" "Supposed to Have Secured About Ten Thousand Dollars--Registered Mail Also Plundered".
The report reads: "Late last night two masked robbers stopped the passenger train on the Gulf road near Twin Mountain. They entered the express car & after knocking the messenger down several times compelled him to open the safe, from which they emptied the contents into the car and made their escape. The registered mail was also ransacked. It is believed they secured about $10,000. Posses are scouring the country for the robbers."
Although the robbers were not known at the time, this was committed by the 'Black Jack' Ketchum Gang, with several websites confirming this train robbery.
Eight pages, very decorative masthead, nice condition.
Category: The Old West
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