Harry Longabaugh’s career as a train robber began less than gloriously when on Sunday, November 29th, 1892, he and two other unemployed cowboys, Bill Madden and Harry Bass, 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’


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