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A daring train robbery: take them 'dead or alive'...
A daring train robbery: take them 'dead or alive'...
Item # 694575
September 02, 1891
THE DAILY JOURNAL, Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, Sept. 2, 1891
* Cotopaxi train robbery - Colorado
* Denver & Rio Grande railroad
* Royal Gorge - Arkansas River
The front page has a half column report headed: "DARING TRAIN ROBBERS" "Seven Masked Men Stop an Express and Overpower the Messenger" "They Get Off With $3,600" "The Fight Was Likely While It Lasted, and a Posse with Bloodhounds Is After the Thieves with Orders to Take Them Dead or Alive". The report offers much detail.
The 1891 Cotopaxi train robbery typified a new era of crime in the American West—robbing trains carrying railroad and federal property—and set off one of the highest-profile manhunts of the era. The robbers, Peg Leg Watson and Bert Curtis, took thousands of dollars in cash and gold bars from a Denver & Rio Grande train and evaded authorities for weeks before being caught by famed Pinkerton detective Tom Horn and legendary lawman Cyrus W. “Doc” Shores. Today, the robbery is remembered as one of the signature crimes of Colorado’s Wild West era.
This report is followed by another article: "Daring Bank Robbery" with some detail.
Four pages, archivally rejoined at the irregular spine, minor tears at margins, somewhat fragile and should be handled carefully.
Category: The Old West
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