The life and crimes of Railroad Bill

legendary African American desperado

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The life and crimes of Railroad Bill

legendary African American desperado

For over a year, Railroad Bill eluded sheriffs, private detectives hired by the L&N line, and bounty hunters who traveled across the country to match guns with the legendary desperado. The African American outlaw was wanted on multiple charges of robbery and murder, and rumor had it that he stole from the rich to give to the poor. He terrorized busy train lines from east of Mobile to the Florida Panhandle, but as soon as the lawmen got close, he disappeared into the bayous and pine forests--until one day his luck ran out, and he was gunned down inside a general store in Atmore, Alabama. Litt.

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English
Pages
179

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Table of Contents

Part I. Becoming Railroad Bill : 1. An Eyewitness Interview ; 2. Circus Performer ; 3. Trouble on the Railroad ; 4. The Desperado Wyatt Tate ; 5. The Murder of Marshal Douglass
Part II. Days of the Desperado : 6. Gunfight at Hurricane Bayou ; 7. Gunfight at Stewart's Barn ; 8. The Death of Mark Stinson ; 9. The Murder of Sheriff Edward McMillan ; 10. Dragnet in the Panhandle ; 11. The Castleberry Chase ; 12. Unintended Victims ; 13. The Death of Railroad Bill ; 14. A Morbid Business
Conclusion : Endless FolkloreNotes.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-179).

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
976.6, 364.10968
Library of Congress
HV6248.R2457 M37 2015, HV6248.R2457 M37 201

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 179 pages
Number of pages
179

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27197788M
Internet Archive
lifecrimesofrail0000mass
ISBN 10
0813061202
ISBN 13
9780813061207
LCCN
2015936114
OCLC/WorldCat
907196526

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