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    Three brothers who held up a train in 1866 started a wave of these types of robberies for years to come. Where was the first US train robbery committed?

    Question #84211. Asked by evoman. (Aug 06 07 4:29 AM)


    supersal1

    		Near Seymour, Indiana.

    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct06.html

    Aug 06 07, 4:32 AM
    zbeckabee

    		Considered the first train robbery, the incident at Seymour was preceded by a similar train burglary. Exactly nine months before, bandits entered an Adams Express car en route to Boston from New York and stole over half a million dollars from safes on the unoccupied car. As in the Seymour case, detectives from the Pinkerton National Detective Agency quickly identified the criminals.


    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct06.html



    Aug 06 07, 10:37 PM

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