Senin, 09 Januari 2017

Two Robbers Thrown a Deadly Curve When Train Stopped at Baxter’s Curve

Wells, Fargo messenger David Trousdale proved big trouble. The No. 9 Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio locomotive was on time when it pulled into the Dryden, Texas, station shortly before midnight on March 13, 1912. As the steam engine took on water, two men emerged from the darkness and slipped aboard the locomotive tender. One …

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