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10/6/1866 - The Reno brothers carry out the first train robbery in U.S. history

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    "On October 6, 1866, the brothers John and Simeon Reno stage the first train robbery in American history, making off with $13,000 from an Ohio and Mississippi railroad train in Jackson County, Indiana.

    Of course, trains had been robbed before the Reno brothers’ holdup. But these previous crimes had all been burglaries of stationary trains sitting in depots or freight yards. The Reno brothers’ contribution to criminal history was to stop a moving train in a sparsely populated region where they could carry out their crime without risking interference from the law or curious bystanders."

    - rest at The Reno brothers carry out the first train robbery in U.S. history | October 6, 1866 | HISTORY

    And Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time recorded a song about it.

     
    #1 KenH, Oct 6, 2023
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