Train Robberies, Train Robbers and the "holdup" Men
Author: William Allan Pinkerton
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Published: 1907
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Author: William Allan Pinkerton
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Published: 1907
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Allan Pinkerton
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2022-10-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781016723572
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Author: William Allan Pinkerton
Publisher: Nabu Press
Published: 2014-02-24
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781295711161
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Author: William Allan Pinkerton
Publisher: Scholar's Choice
Published: 2015-02-12
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781293989777
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Author: Paul Leicester Ford
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Published: 1901
Total Pages: 214
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Publisher: The Floating Press
Published: 2016-05-01
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 1776670655
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on a true story, this gripping caper novel from Paul Leicester Ford will have you hanging on the edge of your seat. After a series of robberies that have devastated the transportation industry, one enterprising detective goes undercover to get to the bottom of the crime spree. Will he be able to put a stop to one of the most audacious criminal plots ever devised?
Author: Mick Lee
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2013-12-02
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 1783062487
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fictional retelling of the story behind the great train robbery, providing a sinister portrayal of the loyalties and fear operating within criminal and police circles in the sixties. If you thought the great train robbers were unlucky to get caught, you don’t know half the story... In the early hours of the 8th August 1963, several men hold up a GPO mail train in rural Buckinghamshire. Two and a half million pounds (equivalent to over £45 million today) is snatched from under the noses of the GPO, the police and the establishment. This creates a gang of heroes who the public fall in love with; some of whom, like Ronnie Biggs, become a part of British folklore. But behind the bravado lays a darker story; one of greed, betrayal, and both thieves and police turning on each other. Eddie Maloney, an IRA fundraiser, and Tommy Lavery, a northern crime boss, know who the robbers are and where they live, because they hired them for the job. The men traditionally seen as ‘Robin Hoods’ were set up and all, with the exception of Biggs, are brought to justice – unsurprising, given that Maloney and Lavery reach deep inside the investigating Flying Squad. There is a reason that most of the money from the robbery was never recovered – the two men at the top systematically robbed and cheated the men who did the dirty work. In the aftermath, will there be honour between the two masterminds of the operation – the two men who were never caught? There have been some attempts to catalogue the story of the great train robbery in the past, almost all from a factual perspective, looking at both the thieves and police. This fictionalised account adds a fascinating twist to the story and will appeal to lovers of thrillers – especially crime thrillers – and those interested in true crime.
Author: R. Michael Wilson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2006-11-01
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1461748488
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the 1800s trains carried the nation's wealth throughout the east, but no one thought to rob a speeding train until 1866. In 1870 the first western train was robbed in Nevada and within hours a second train was robbed. Railroads made every alteration to their cars and changed every procedure they could imagine to thwart the robbers, but to no avail. Robbing trains became epidemic over the next five decades, even when the legislatures made train robbery a capital crime. A few of the hundreds of train robberies stand out as thrilling and dangerous affairs, and the greatest of these (15-20) are included in this book.
Author: W.C. Jameson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2019-05-01
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1493033379
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most colorful parts of American History is the time of train robberies and the daring outlaws who undertook them in the period covering from just after the Civil War to 1924. For decades, the railroads were the principal transporters of payrolls, gold and silver, bonds, and passengers who often carried large sums of money as well as valuable jewelry. For the creative outlaw, trains became an obvious target for robbery. The list of America’s train robbers is a veritable Who’s Who of American outlawry and includes: Frank and Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, Charles Searcy, Charles Morganfield, Sam Bass, Black Jack Ketchum, Seaborn Barnes, and others. To this cast of train robbery-related characters can be added the relentless investigations and pursuit by individuals associated with the Pinkerton Detectives, Texas Rangers, Wells Fargo detectives, railroad company detectives, as well as local and area law enforcement authorities. In addition, there are numerous tales of bravery that took place during train robberies involving heroic express car messengers, conductors, engineers, brakemen, and even passengers.