Code Young went to outlawry in the mid-1890s, joining up with the High Fives Gang that roamed the Southwest.  The former cowboy was involved in a couple of robberies before an attempted New Mexico train stickup on October 1896.   Things were going well—until Deputy US Marshal Will Loomis, a passenger, got involved.  Ironically, Loomis had been tracking the gang for a couple of months. He spotted You


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