“The First Train Robbery in America”

The Reno Gang were stealing from local treasuries in a bunch of different counties following the robbery in Seymour. Knowing this, the treasuries were taking the money and placing it into the local banks. The Reno Gang shook off that fact and ended up stealing the money from the banks. The Indianapolis Daily Journal had to write a note in their paper warning other counties of the burglars. The guys eventually fled to Missouri to do the same thing, and then returned back to Indiana where one of them was arrested. The gang went on without Sparks, and the other two successfully were able to steal $96,000 from three safes in the Adams Express in Marshfield. That was their last successful robbery. These men were a large threat to the state of Indiana. The robberies started in Seymour, in the corner of Jackson County, but did not end there. It is interesting to look at all of the different robberies and wonder how they were able to pull them all off. The citizens in Seymour were really fed up with the actions of these men, and had to come together to figure out what needed to be done to them. They formed a Vigilance Committee to decide what they should do.

Source 1:

Author Name: N/A

Article Title: Outlaws, Pinkertons, and Vigilantes: The Reno Gang and Its Enemies

Title of wherever it came from: Hoosier State Chronicles

Url: https://blog.newspapers.library.in.gov/reno-gang/

Source 2:

Author Name: N/A

Article Title: The Seymour Express Robbery

Title of wherever it came from: Indianapolis Daily Herald, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 October 1966

Url: https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=IDD18661016-01.1.2&srpos=2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txTA-%22Reno+Gang%22-----Reno+Gang-