A Poor Start

The first holdup by the Sundance Kid didn’t go so well.

Harry Longabaugh’s (the Sundance Kid) career as a train robber began less than gloriously. November 29th, 1892, he and two other unemployed cowboys robbed the Great Northern No. 23 near Malta, Montana, getting away with only a few dollars. The amateurs didn’t take into account that banks were closed on Sunday and therefore the express boxes were empty. They would have fared much better had they robbed the passengers, one of whom was carrying some $2,000 in cash. He’d planned to put it in the express car safe but had arrived at the station too late.