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Jesse James & cohorts rob the Rock Island Railraod...
Jesse James & cohorts rob the Rock Island Railraod...
Item # 716936
July 18, 1881
NEW YORK HERALD, July 18, 1881
* Outlaw Jesse James-Younger gang
* Rock Island railroad train robbery
Page 2 has a lengthy & very detailed account of the infamous Rock Island Railroad train robbery, the work of the James Gang.
The column is headed: "THE ROCK ISLAND TRAIN ROBBERY" "Further Particulars of the Daring Crinme" "Scenes of Panic & Terror" "A Telltale Letter Dropped by One odf trhe Highwaymen".
Page 4 has more on this headed: "The Train Robbery Out West".
Eight pages, various archival mends near margins, various margin tears with some margin chipping. A fragile issue & must be handled carefully.
AI notes: The Rock Island Railroad robbery took place in 1881, near Winston, Missouri, when members of the Jesse James gang, including Frank James, held up a train. During the robbery, they killed conductor William Westfall and passenger John McCullough, then looted the express car.
Though the gang stole less money than expected, the violent crime shocked the public. Frank James was later tried for the robbery in 1883 but was acquitted. The event was one of the last major crimes linked to the James gang before Jesse James’s death in 1882.
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