Not everyone was cut out to be a train robber as it did require a certain amount of talent. A couple of Cochise County cowboys-turned-train robbers shoulda stuck to punching cows. Joe George and Grant Wheeler tried to rob the same Southern Pacific train twice and failed wretchedly both times.
Their first attempt was on the evening of January 30th, 1895. They purchased some dynamite at the local mercantile store in Willcox then proceeded to stop S.P. west of town. They ordered the engineer to
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