Wilcox Train Robbery
The Wilcox Train Robbery also known as the Wilcox Holdup was a Train robbery that took place in the early morning of June 2, 1899 in the vicinity of Wilcox, Wyoming. A Union Pacific train was flagged down before it could cross a wooden bridge. Armed men forced the train crew to separate the locomotive from the carriages. Once the unattached locomotive had been driven across the bridge, the bridge was destroyed with dynamite. A safe in one of the carriages was dynamited, and the robbers escaped with cash and other valuables. The amount stolen was reported as much as US$36,000.
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Wilcox Train Robbery
The Wilcox Train Robbery also known as the Wilcox Holdup was a Train robbery that took place in the early morning of June 2, 1899 in the vicinity of Wilcox, Wyoming. A Union Pacific train was flagged down before it could cross a wooden bridge. Armed men forced the train crew to separate the locomotive from the carriages. Once the unattached locomotive had been driven across the bridge, the bridge was destroyed with dynamite. A safe in one of the carriages was dynamited, and the robbers escaped with cash and other valuables. The amount stolen was reported as much as US$36,000.
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