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Last train robbery by "Kid" Curry and members of the Wild Bunch...
Last train robbery by "Kid" Curry and members of the Wild Bunch...
Item # 707346
July 10, 1901
GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, July 10, 1901
* The Wild Bunch "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
* Wagner,Wyoming - Union Pacific Railroad train robbery
The top of page 11 has a very fine account of the last train robbery by members of the "Wild Bunch".
This robbery of the Great Northern train happened near Wagner, Montana, but Kid Curry and other members of the Wild Bunch. The article provides much detail and takes over half a column.
Twelve pages, cleanly cut at the spine, browned at the edges with minor edge chipping. Somewhat fragile & should be handled carefully.
background: The Wagner Train Robbery took place on July 3, 1901, near Wagner, Wyoming, when Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and the Wild Bunch gang ambushed a Union Pacific Railroad passenger and express train. After derailing the tracks, they boarded the train and targeted the express car, which contained a shipment of cash and valuables. The robbers made off with an estimated $30,000, a significant sum at the time. This heist was part of a series of late-stage robberies before the gang’s eventual flight to South America to escape the growing pursuit by law enforcement. The Wagner robbery was one of the last major acts of the Wild Bunch in the U.S. before they disappeared from public view.
Category: The 20th Century
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