Baby's First Train Robbery

Baby's First Train Robbery
Title Baby's First Train Robbery PDF eBook
Author Jim Whalley
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 32
Release 2021-06-10
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1526608952

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Frank's long-suffering parents decide it's time for a holiday – looking after a whole zooful of animals is VERY hard work. Leaving Gran in charge, they set off. But the further from home they get, the more anxious Frank gets. What if Gran can't cope? What if his animals need him? He decides to take drastic action – with dire consequences! A nail-biting follow-up to the bestselling Baby's First Bank Heist and Baby's First Jailbreak.

Baby's First Bank Heist

Baby's First Bank Heist
Title Baby's First Bank Heist PDF eBook
Author Jim Whalley
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Pages 32
Release 2019-03-19
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1547600632

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Meet Baby Frank, the world's most unlikely criminal, as he masterminds his very own bank heist. Perfect for fans of Boss Baby. Move over, Bonnie and Clyde, because there's a new criminal mastermind in town . . . Baby Frank! He's the world's most unlikely criminal, but he's about to pull off the most daring baby bank heist ever. Why? To get money for a fluffy new pet, of course. This baby is dangerously cute and desperate for a pet. You have been warned . . .

Train and Bank Robbers of the West

Train and Bank Robbers of the West
Title Train and Bank Robbers of the West PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 678
Release 1882
Genre Brigands and robbers
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TRAIN & BANK ROBBERS OF THE WE

TRAIN & BANK ROBBERS OF THE WE
Title TRAIN & BANK ROBBERS OF THE WE PDF eBook
Author Augustus C. Life Character and Appler
Publisher Wentworth Press
Pages 666
Release 2016-08-27
Genre History
ISBN 9781363995288

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Train Robberies, Train Robbers and the Holdup Men Address (Classic Reprint)

Train Robberies, Train Robbers and the Holdup Men Address (Classic Reprint)
Title Train Robberies, Train Robbers and the Holdup Men Address (Classic Reprint) PDF eBook
Author William Allan Pinkerton
Publisher Forgotten Books
Pages 88
Release 2017-11-07
Genre Reference
ISBN 9780260466495

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Excerpt from Train Robberies, Train Robbers and the Holdup Men Address The hold-up man operated as the footpad does to - day/ concealed in ambush awaiting his Victim, suddenly pouncing upon and commanding him to throw up his hands, covering him by thrusting a revolver in his face, then relieving him of his money and valuables. Usually the hold-up man to avoid identification and arrest, covers his face below the eyes with a triangular cloth or pocket hand kerchief, tied back of the head, wore a soft hat well clown over his eyes, although in many of the great train and bank robberies shortly after the war, no masks of any kind were worn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Last Train Robber

The Last Train Robber
Title The Last Train Robber PDF eBook
Author W.C. Jameson
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 209
Release 2020-03-24
Genre True Crime
ISBN 1493046098

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One 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. Willis Newton has never enjoyed the recognition and fame of the better known train robbing outlaws such as Frank and Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, the Daltons, and the Doolins, but he was the most prolific and successful train robber in the history of North America. Newton stole more money from the railroads than all of the others put together. During his lifetime, Newton robbed six trains and an estimated eighty banks, pulled off the greatest train robbery ever, netting $3,000,000, yet remains virtually unknown. So unknown was he that, despite all of his success as a robber, he was rarely identified as a suspect. Following his greatest heist, Newton and his gang member, composed of his brothers, were arrested, tried, convicted, and sent to serve long terms at Leavenworth Prison. When they were granted early release for good behavior, they lost no time in returning to robbing banks. Willis Newton’s life and times as America’s greatest, and last, train robber has been gleaned and developed from extensive interviews he granted during the 1970s when he was in his eighties. In addition, newspaper reports of his numerous train and bank robberies have been obtained and researched for precise details of robberies and pursuit.

Willis Newton

Willis Newton
Title Willis Newton PDF eBook
Author G R Williamson
Publisher
Pages 268
Release 2021-01-16
Genre
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Willis Newton - The Last Texas Outlaw (Second Edition)This the true story of Willis Newton and his outlaw gang who robbed trains and over seventy banks-more than Jessie James, the Daltons, and all of the rest of the Old West outlaws-combined. They robbed a number of banks at gunpoint, but their specialty was hitting banks in the middle of the night and blowing the vaults with nitroglycerine. One frigid night in January of 1921 they even hit two banks, back-to-back, in Hondo, Texas. Their biggest haul occurred in 1924 when they robbed a train outside of Rondout, Illinois-getting away with $3,000,000. They still hold the record for the biggest train robbery in U.S. history. G.R. Williamson interviewed Willis Newton in 1979 at his home in Uvalde, Texas. A few months later the outlaw died at age 90. With a tape recorder running, Newton rattled off the well-practiced account of his life in machine gun fashion-rationalizing everything he had done, blaming others for his imprisonments, and repeatedly claiming that he had only stolen from "other thieves." Speaking in a high-pitched raspy voice, Willis was quite articulate in telling his stories-a master of fractured grammar. He spoke in a rapid-fire jailhouse prose using a wide range of criminal jargon that was sometimes difficult to follow but Williamson kept his tape recorder running, changing cassettes as fast as possible. The taped interview revealed the quintessence of a criminal mind. Everything he had done was justified by outside forces, "Nobody ever give me nothing. All I ever got was hell!" Over the course of the interview, Willis told how he was raised as a child in the hard scrabble of West Texas and how he was first arrested for a crime "that they knowed I didn't do." He went into detail about his first bank holdup, how he "greased" safes with nitroglycerine, robbed trains, and evaded the lawmen that came after him. Willis described robbing banks throughout Texas and a large number of mid-western states, including another back-to-back bank heist in Spencer, Indiana. Eventually he recounted the events of the Toronto Bank Clearing House robbery in 1923 and finally the great train robbery outside of Rondout, Illinois. He went into great detail about the beatings he and his brothers took from the Chicago police when they were later captured. As he told the story his face reddened and his voice rose to a high-pitched screech until he had to pause to catch his breath. Then lowering his voice he described how he had managed to negotiate a crafty deal with a postal inspector for reduced prison sentences for himself and his brothers by revealing where the loot was hidden. He told about his prison years at Leavenworth and his illegal businesses he ran in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after he got out of prison in 1929. He complained bitterly about being sent back to prison in McAlester, Oklahoma, for a bank robbery "they knowed I didn't do," in Medford. Willis took great pride in saying that, "We never killed nobody, we was just in it for the money. Sure, we shot a few people but we never killed a single man." During his extensive research, Williamson uncovered evidence to dispel this myth that Willis insisted upon until his death. Now Williamson, using transcripts from his interviews with Willis and others who knew the outlaw, first-hand accounts from eye witnesses, newspaper articles, police records, and trial proceedings, tells the true story of The Last Texas Outlaw-Willis Newton.