Wells, Fargo & Co. Stagecoach and Train Robberies, 1870-1884: The Corporate Report of 1885 with Additional Facts About the Crimes and Their Perpetrators - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786448555 ISBN 13: 9780786448555

Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2010

Synopsis

In 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 crime, updating Hume and Thacker's original report with rich new details culled from local newspapers, personal diary entries, and court records.

About this title

About the Author:

R. Michael Wilson is a retired sergeant from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The author of 12 other books, he is a member of the Wild West History Association and Western Writers of America.

Review:

"Detailed"--Roundup Magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0786448555
• ISBN 13: 9780786448555
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 275
• Editor: Hume James B., Thacker John N., Wilson R. Michael