The Notorious Reno Gang
Title | The Notorious Reno Gang PDF eBook |
Author | Rachel Dickinson |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2017-05-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1493026402 |
The true story of the world’s first robbery of a moving train, and the real origins of the Wild West They were the first outlaws to rob a moving train. But from 1864 to 1868, the Reno brothers and their gang of counterfeiters, robbers, burglars, and safecrackers also held the town of Seymour, Indiana, hostage, making a large hotel near the train station their headquarters. When the gang robbed the Adams Express car of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad on the outskirts of Seymour on October 6, 1866, it shocked the world—and made other burgeoning outlaws like Jesse James sit up and take notice. The extraordinary—and extra-legal—efforts to take them out defined the term “frontier justice.” From the first report of the robbery, Allan Pinkerton’s operatives were on the scene, followed by kidnappings, lynchings, and an extradition from Canada to Indiana that caused an international incident. In the end, ten members of the Reno Gang were hanged, including three of the Reno brothers. And no one was ever charged with the murders. The Notorious Reno Gang tells the complete story for the first time, revealing how these gangsters, Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency, and the little city of Seymour ushered in the Wild West.
Seymour, Indiana and the Famous Story of the Reno Gang
Title | Seymour, Indiana and the Famous Story of the Reno Gang PDF eBook |
Author | Robert William Shields |
Publisher | |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 1939 |
Genre | Brigands and robbers |
ISBN |
Seymour, Indiana, and the Famous Story of the Reno Gang who Terrorized America with the First Train Robberies in World History
Title | Seymour, Indiana, and the Famous Story of the Reno Gang who Terrorized America with the First Train Robberies in World History PDF eBook |
Author | Robert William Shields |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1939 |
Genre | Crime |
ISBN |
The Reno Gang of Seymour
Title | The Reno Gang of Seymour PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Frederick Volland |
Publisher | |
Pages | 664 |
Release | 1948 |
Genre | Brigands and robbers |
ISBN |
Anarchy in the Heartland
Title | Anarchy in the Heartland PDF eBook |
Author | A. David Distler |
Publisher | A David Distler |
Pages | 133 |
Release | 2008-10 |
Genre | Bartholomew County (Ind.) |
ISBN | 0970529716 |
"Based in southern Indiana, Anarchy in the Hearland is the gripping true story of robbery, mayhem and mass murder in the post-Civil War era. At the time, this tragedy garnered world-wide outrage. As a result, these shameful events were ommitted from historical and political textbooks and this true story was all but forgotten ... until now! Explore this incredulous dark chapter of real American history; straight-forward and politically unfiltered."--Back cover.
Illustrations for Mules Crossing
Title | Illustrations for Mules Crossing PDF eBook |
Author | Robert William Shields |
Publisher | |
Pages | 114 |
Release | 1944 |
Genre | Brigands and robbers |
ISBN |
Reno Gang
Title | Reno Gang PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Gangs |
ISBN |
Articles about post-Civil War criminals the Reno Brothers or the Reno Gang from Seymour, Ind.