Silver City, New Mexico Marshal, Harvey Whitehill was working to solve a train robbery at Gage Station. The November 1883 heist had netted less than $900 but rewards totaled nearly $9,000.
Whitehill caught up with one of the outlaws, George Washington Cleveland, who’d been tied to one of the pack mules used in the robbery. The lawman falsely told Cleveland that his pals had ratted him out—pushing
Already Signed Up? Log in here.
Read this article now for Free!
Ready for a third free article? Create a free account by entering your email address and a password below.
— OR —
Sign Up Now for $29.95 a year and have immediate access to all of True West content, including the complete True West Archives dating back to 1953!
