Table of Contents
Introduction v
Some Train Robbery Terminology xi
Chapter 1 Sam Bass, Texas's First Train Robber 1
Chapter 2 Allen, Texas, February 22, 1878 7
Chapter 3 Hutchins, Texas, March 18, 1878 11
Chapter 4 Eagle Ford, Texas, April 4, 1878 15
Chapter 5 Mesquite, Texas, April 10, 1878 17
Chapter 6 The End of Sam Bass, July 18, 1878 23
Chapter 7 The Burrow Gang 29
Chapter 8 Bellevue, Texas, December 1, 1886 35
Chapter 9 Gordon, Texas, January 23, 1887 37
Chapter 10 McNeill, Texas, May 18, 1887 41
Chapter 11 Benbrook, Texas, June 4, 1887 45
Chapter 12 Enter Bill Whitley and Brack Cornett 49
Chapter 13 Flatonia, Texas, June 18, 1887 53
Chapter 14 Benbrook, Texas, September 30, 1887 61
Chapter 15 Harwood, Texas, September 22, 1888 63
Chapter 16 The Killing of Bill Whitley and Brack Cornett 65
Chapter 17 The Demise of Rube Burrow 67
Chapter 18 Bangs, Texas, December 20, 1889 75
Chapter 19 Temple, Texas, May 13, 1892 77
Chapter 20 Brackenridge, Texas, June 25, 1893 79
Chapter 21 Canadian, Texas, April 24, 1894 85
Chapter 22 Black Jack Ketchum 89
Chapter 23 Lozier Station, Texas, May 14, 1897 93
Chapter 24 The Arrest and Execution of Tom "Blackjack" Ketchum 101
Chapter 25 McNeill, Texas, October 12, 1897 107
Chapter 26 Temple, Texas, June 10, 1898 109
Chapter 27 Coleman, Texas, June 10, 1898 111
Chapter 28 Bassett, Texas, December 14, 1900 113
Chapter 29 Eylau Siding, Texas, September 3, 1901 117
Chapter 30 Ben Kilpatrick 119
Chapter 31 Sanderson, Texas, March 13, 1912 125
Chapter 32 Willis Newton 131
Chapter 33 Cline, Texas, December 30, 1914 135
Chapter 34 Brownsville, Texas, October 18, 1915 139
Chapter 35 Bells, Texas, August 25, 1921 147
Chapter 36 Bloomberg, Texas, Uncertain, 1921 151
Chapter 37 The End of the Newton Brothers Gang 155
Bibliography 163
Acknowledgments 167
Index 169
About the Author 175
