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8 gru 2022 · By May of 1868, the notoriety of the Reno Gang was centralized within the American Midwest. The first train robbery had brought attention to Jackson County, and the Gang's subsequent criminal acts were bringing more attention to their home town after each heist.
The Notorious Reno Gang tells the complete story for the first time, revealing how these gangsters, Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, and the little city of Seymour ushered in the Wild West.
Outlaws and Extra-Legal Terrorism in Indiana
The Reno Gang, also known as the Reno Brothers Gang and The Jackson Thieves, were a group of criminals that operated in the Midwestern United States during and just after the American Civil War. Though short-lived, the gang carried out the first three peacetime train robberies in U.S. history.
11 cze 2024 · Up to a dozen members of the Reno Gang stopped a Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis train at a watering station in southern Indiana. The outlaws had prior intelligence about its main load: express car safes held about $97,000 in government bonds and notes.
10 cze 2019 · The Reno Gang was an outlaw gang of famous gunslingers that operated in the Midwestern United States during and after the Civil War. They carried out the first three peacetime train robberies in U.S. history. The gang ended when ten of its members were hung by vigilante mobs in 1868.
The Reno Gang of Seymour, Indiana began with brothers John, Frank, William, and Simeon Reno. When Seymour founder Meedy Shields authored a legislative bill ensuring that all trains using the Ohio and Mississippi Railway should stop in Seymour for safety reasons, the Renos and their gang saw an opportunity to rob train passengers who stopped to ...
