Al Jennings’ outlaw career was the stuff of legend.
During his long and colorful life, Al Jennings was a cowboy, lawyer, gunslinger, train robber, jailbird, preacher, politician, author and movie star. In his autobiography, he claimed to have robbed 15 or 20 trains–but that was an exaggeration. His career only lasted 109 days before he was captured and sent to prison. His first attempted train robbery was almost his last. Unwittingly, he stood in the middle of the tracks pointing his pistol at the approaching locomotive. The train didn’t stop and Al jumped off the tracks just in time.
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