Guide to the Train Robbery Related Records, [ca. 1907-1940]
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Guide to the Train Robbery Related Records, [ca. 1907-1940]
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Key to Arrangement
Roy Gardner -- clippings, trial records, etc., ca. 1921-1940
Train holdup, 1922, near Clifton, Arizona, by Tom and Sidney Fulcher -- correspondence, press clippings, etc.
Train holdup at Jaynes, Arizona, 1922
telegrams and general correspondence re Edward Winkler
newspaper clippings
transcript of testimony, coroner's inquest, and preliminary hearing, State of Arizona vs. F. W. Jirou
correspondence and court records re disposition of rewards
miscellaneous correspondence
statements
photographs, reward posters, etc.
Map of Siskiyou and vicinity
Derailment near Bon, Arizona, 1924
blueprints and maps
information re John and Charles Reeves, L. Williamson, etc.; investigation and records at Los Angeles; statements of John Reeves, M. Merritt, M. Farmer
re Allen G. Fox and Herbert Hamer; re Charles Claw; re Clarence H. Pruett; re A. G. Fox
trial transcript; miscellaneous telegrams
statements of witnesses
Rafael Camargo vs. Southern Pacific
re Peter Raney; transcript of statements; statements of investigation by William Wilson
statements; transcripts of court proceedings
photographs
Robbery near San Francisco, February 1927
Derailment attempt, 1926. Joseph E. Faulkner and Jack Woods
Robbery on Overland, Ltd., at Chicago, 1928 -- miscellaneous correspondence
Robbery on Train No. 75, "The Lark," at Los Angeles, 1928
telegrams, circulars, clippings, clues
re F. D. Moses
re H. L. Daw; file of suspects; circular file; re connection with robbery on Train No. 8
re Capt. V. Craig; witnesses; miscellaneous transcripts, memorandums, etc.; re various suspects
photographs; statements of porters; summary
D. O'Connell's working file
Circulars of robbery on Train No.36 at McAvoy, 1929
Derailment at Saugus, 1929
sheriff's office -- work re suspects
reward files and claims
re evidence
reports, statements, etc.
miscellaneous file
reports of Board of Inquiry
re Thomas Vernon and Jesse C. Rumsey
re Thomas Vernon
photographs
Robbery on Train No. 17 at Cheyenne, 1929 -- miscellaneous clippings, letters, etc.
Attempted derailment at Ming, Arizona, of Train No.4
general file, telegrams
re suspects
Robbery at San Francisco on Train No. 76, 1932
general file
San Francisco Police teletypes; statements of passengers and crew; circular file; re Harry Johneson; file of suspects
re Jesse C. Rumsey
reports to general manager; claims for rewards
Attempted derailment of Train No. 76 at Grain's Spur, 1932 -- miscellaneous clippings, reports, etc.
Robbery on Train No. 2 near Ontario, California, 1933
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings re train robbers and robberies, 1892-1907
Additional Note
Scrapbook of miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1907-1908
Scrapbook of clippings concerning the following:
Harriman, 1907-1908, 1912-1915
Controversy between Southern Pacific and Union Pacific
Case of Dan Fleming
Threatened strike, 1913
U.S. vs. Southern Pacific in oil land suit
I.W.W. activities
Scrapbook of clippings, 1910-1917, concerning the following:
Holdup on Train No. 10
Stevedores' strike
Explosion of Shasta, Ltd.
Threatened trainmen's strike (1916)
Mooney and Billings case
War with Germany and draft law
Scrapbook of clippings, 1917-1920, concerning the following:
Railroads during war
Strike of switchmen
Death of P. J. Kindelon
Scrapbook of clippings, 1920-1922, concerning the following:
Switchmen's strike
"Box-car" burglars
Murphy and Kruvosky
Murder of Jackson, Dorman, and Petry in Santa Rosa
Roy Gardner
Detective T. Bailey killed by Walter Castor
Scrapbook of clippings, 1921-1922, concerning the following:
Railroad strikes
Roy Gardner and wife
Walter Lambertson
Strike of Shopcrafts' Union
Scrapbook of miscellaneous clippings, 1922-1932
Scrapbook of clippings, 1921-1922, concerning the following:
Roy Gardner
Supreme Court decision separating Southern Pacific and Central Pacific railroads
Shriner Convention in San Francisco
Scrapbooks of clippings re strike of Railroad Shopcrafts Union, 1922
Scrapbook of miscellaneous clippings, 1933
Scrapbook of reward circulars, 1920-1927
Record of criminals, ca. 1925-1930
Scrapbook of circulars and accounts of train robberies, 1913-1920
Scrapbook re wanted persons, circulars, 1927-1932
Scrapbook re penitentiary escapes and parole violations, 1915-1917
Scrapbook re penitentiary escapes and parole violations, 1917-1923
Scrapbook re circulars, escapes, 1918-1921
Scrapbook re penitentiary escapes and parole violations, 1922-1924
Scrapbook re penitentiary escapes and parole violations, 1920-1926
De Autrement Case
register, Western Hotel, Medford, Oregon, 1923
letters to D. O'Connell, 1923-1926
De Autrement Case
clues 1926-1927
clues 1926
clues 1923-1925
clues l923-1924
clues 1923-1925
clues 1923
clues 1923-1925
De Autrement Case: circulars, photographs, correspondence on circulars (1924, 1925-1926, 1927); correspondence on preparing circulars; list of where circulars were forwarded; assorted maps and blueprints; two volumes of State vs. De Autrements, 1927; press clippings, 1923-1928
De Autrement Case
clues 1924
clues 1924-1925
clues 1923-1925
clues 1923-1924
clues 1925-1926
De Autrement Case
clues 1927
clues 1926
clues 1925
re H. C. Young, 1928-1932
clues 1927
clues 1927
Placards displayed by "Communists" in 1928
Miscellaneous photographs and photostat copies of records
Time cards, Southern Pacific, 1929
Directory of special agents and railroad police, 1919
Register of persons entering Southern Pacific Building, 1934
Southern Pacific rule books, 1917 and 1922
Address book
California State penal code, 1906
File on longshoremen's strike, 1934
Losses by theft of Southern Pacific Company property, 1925-1926