Rolla Gardner had no plans to chase after some train robbers near Parachute, Colorado in June 1904. A posse was already on the trail. But then...
After the assassination of Jesse James, Charley Ford went downhill fast. By May 1884—two years after the killing—he was living with his parents at...
Clint Reno is often referred to as “Honest Clint”—primarily because he didn’t participate in the larger or more violent crimes led by his brothers...
For the Reno Gang of Indiana, their last big holdup was the last straw. They robbed a train near Marshfield, Indiana of some $97,000 (around...
The men involved in Arizona's last train robbery obviously watched too many of those old-time Western pictures. The robbery in occurred on May 15th,...
Arizona only sentenced one man to hang for train robbery and that is the story in “Up Goes Your Hands.” The guys were a small-time trio of outlaws...
Some of those western outlaws were tough to the end. What does a condemned man say when he was asked if he had any last words? Does he whimper and...
There is so much discrepancy in the dollar figures in these robberies. Authors disagree by tens of thousands of dollars on the amounts taken. I...