One of the most colorful parts of American History is the time of
train robberies and the daring outlaws who undertook them in the
period covering from just after the Civil War to 1924. For decades,
the railroads were the principal transporters of payrolls, gold and
silver, bonds, and passengers who often carried large sums of money
as well as valuable jewelry. For the creative outlaw, trains became
an obvious target for robbery. Willis Newton has never enjoyed the
recognition and fame of the better known train robbing outlaws of
our time such as Frank and Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, the Daltons,
and the Doolins, but he was the most prolific and successful train
robber in the history of North America. Newton stole more money
from the railroads than all of the others put together. During his
lifetime, Newton robbed six trains and an estimated eighty banks,
pulled off the greatest train robbery ever, netting $3,000,000, yet
remains virtually unknown. So unknown was he that, of all of his
successful robberies, he was rarely identified as a suspect.
Following his greatest heist, Newton and his gang member, composed
of his brothers, were arrested, tried, convicted, and sent to serve
long terms at Leavenworth Prison. When they were granted early
release for good behavior, they lost no time in returning to
robbing banks. Willis Newton's life and times as America's
greatest, and last, train robber has been gleaned and developed
from extensive interviews he granted during the 1970s when he was
in his eighties. In addition, newspaper reports of his numerous
train and bank robberies have been obtained and researched for
precise details of robberies and pursuit.
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