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Wells Fargo & Co.
Stagecoach and Train Robberies, 1870-1884
The Corporate Report of 1885 with additional facts about the crimes and
their perpetrators.
Wells, Fargo & Co.
Stagecoach and Train Robberies,
1870 -1884
James B. Hume and John N. Thacker,
Edited and Expanded by R. Michael Wilson
ISBN 978-0-7864-4855-5
| On January 1,
1885, Wells, Fargo & Company's chief detective James B. Hume
and special agent John N. Thacker published a report
summarizing the company's losses during the previous 14
years. It listed 313 stagecoach robberies, 23 burglaries,
and four train robberies but included little or no details
of the events themselves, focusing instead on physical
descriptions of the robbers. Widely circulated, the report
was intended to assist law enforcement in identifying and
apprehending the criminals believed still to present a
danger to the company. The present volume revisits each
crimes, updating Hume and Thacker's original report with
rich new details culled from local newspapers, personal
diary entries, and court records. |
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