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Baxter's Curve Train Robbery

BAXTER'S CURVE  TRAIN ROBBERY  IN THE EARLY HOURS OF MARCH 13, 1912,  BEN KILPATRICK, A FORMER SIDEKICK OF  BUTCH CASSIDY AND SUNDANCE KID, AND  OLE HOBEK ATTEMPTED ONE OF THE LAST  MAJOR TRAIN...

BAXTER'S CURVE 
TRAIN ROBBERY 

IN THE EARLY HOURS OF MARCH 13, 1912, 
BEN KILPATRICK, A FORMER SIDEKICK OF 
BUTCH CASSIDY AND SUNDANCE KID, AND 
OLE HOBEK ATTEMPTED ONE OF THE LAST 
MAJOR TRAIN ROBBERIES IN WEST TEXAS. 
THE TWO ROBBERS BOARDED THE 
GALVESTON, HARRISBURG, AND SAN 
ANTONIO RAILROAD TRAIN WHEN IT 
STOPPED AT DRYDEN ON THE WAY TO EL 
PASO. THEY ORDERED THE ENGINEER ON TO 
BAXTER'S CURVE, A SHARP BEND IN THE 
RAILWAY'S-RAIL BED. THE BAGGAGE CARS 
WERE UNCOUPLED FROM THE COACHES, 
BUT WHILE THE TWO SEARCHED FOR 
VALUABLES, WELLS FARGO EXPRESS 
MANAGER DAVIDA. TROUSDALE 
BLUDGEONED ONE WITH AN ICE MALLET 
AND KILLED THE OTHER WITH THE FIRST 
ROBBER'S RIFLE. KILPATRICK AND HOBEK 
WERE BURIED IN SANDERSON, AND 
TROUSDALE WAS RECOGNIZED AND 
REWARDED FOR HIS BRAVERY. 
 
 
Submitted by @JamesIsaak2

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