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Inside the Dalton gang Part 2

Train Robberies Bring Troubles

Chapter 8

The Wharton Train Robbery

The Constant Pursuit had worn upon our nerves.

I never have been a deep psychological student, and possibly my logic is at times faulty, and I cannot give the exact reason we stepped over the borderline between right and wrong.

I do know, however, that during our long rides over the valleys and deserts, and on the nights we camped out under the stars on the plains, the injustice of the situation rankled more and more upon us.

There were plenty of others like us in that country, and it was not long before the masonry of those in trouble brought us together.

And our dodging from pillar to post, always keeping ahead of the sheriff and marshals

who wanted the reward offered for us for a crime of which we knew nothing, except that we were

accused of having committed it. We came into contact with robbers, horse thieves, and all-around rustlers.

The first two whom we took into our confidence were George Newcomb and Charlie Bryant.

Both had been with us in New Mexico and were good riders and shooters,

and with a devil-may-care strain running through them, and a recklessness that was second only to that of Bob himself.

We continued to ride about for a time and without our aid our reputation grew.

Hold-ups and raids occurred in different parts of the country, and it was always reported that the Dalton's did it.

Day after day we heard of different crimes that had been laid at our door.

Then came the Wharton train robbery.

Listening to casual bits of conversation at different times on the wires,

Miss Moore, who was an amateur telegrapher herself,

learned that the Wells Fargo Express Company was about to carry an unusually large sum of money from Kansas City, Missouri.

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