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From Nebraska... A train robber captured...
From Nebraska... A train robber captured...
Item # 692747
March 15, 1883
THE LINCOLN DAILY NEWS, Nebraska, March 15, 1883
* Home of the Cornhuskers
We seldom encounter Nebraska newspapers from during the Wild West era, but here is one. Lincoln is the capital of Nebraska and this issue is dated from just 16 years after statehood.
Gregory's 'Union List of American Newspapers' notes that the only institution holding any issues of this title is the Nebraska Historical Society, and they have none earlier than 1887.
The middle of the front page has a report noting: "One of the six train robbers who stopped the Fort Smith, Arkansas Train, killed the conductor and wounded a brakeman, was jailed at Van Buren yesterday. The others are surrounded, and blood hounds are on the scent for their retreat. A reward is on their heads of $7,000."
Four pages, 12 1/2 by 17 inches, toning near the margins, nice condition.
Category: The Old West
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