Rare 1899 Wyoming newspaper BUTCH CASSIDY & SUNDANCE KID - WILCOX TRAIN ROBBERY for Sale

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Rare 1899 Wyoming newspaper BUTCH CASSIDY & SUNDANCE KID - WILCOX TRAIN ROBBERY:
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Rare 1899 Wyoming newspaper BUTCH CASSIDY & SUNDANCE KID - WILCOX TRAIN ROBBERY

Rare 1899 LARAMIE Wyoming newspaper with BUTCH CASSIDY and the SUNDANCE KID - The WILCOX TRAIN ROBBERY- inv # Large2T-407

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SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINALvery rare wild west NEWSPAPER,the Laramie Boomerang(Wyoming)datedJune 10, 1899.This original newspaper contains prominent inside page \"stacked\" headlines with news of the UNION PACIFIC TRAIN ROBBERY at WILCOX, Wyoming by the \"Wild Bunch\", led by BUTCH CASSIDY and the SUNDANCE KID.

THis issue also contains a prominent front page heading\"JEFFRIES IS CHAMPION\" a long detailed (4 columns of text) of the famous heavyweight boxing match between James Jeffries and Jim Fitzsimmons. Jeffries defeated Fitzsimmons.

The Wilcox train robbery also known as the Wilcox Holdup was a train robbery that took place in the early morning of June 2, 1899 in the vicinity of Wilcox in Albany County, Wyoming. A Union Pacific train was flagged down before it could cross a wooden bridge. Armed men forced the train crew to separate the locomotive from the carriages. Once the unattached locomotive had been driven across the bridge, the bridge was destroyed with dynamite. A safe in one of the carriages was blown open by dynamite, and the robbers escaped with cash and other valuables. The amount stolen was reported as much as US$36,000. The robbery was considered unsolved at the time and later traced to Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch.

Butch Cassidy\'s Wild Bunch was one of the loosely organized outlaw gangs operating out of the Hole-in-the-Wall, near Kaycee in Wyoming, a natural fortress of caves, with a narrow entrance that was constantly guarded. In the beginning, the gang was referred to as the \"Hole in the Wall Gang\" during the Old West era in the United States. It was popularized by the 1969 movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and took its name from the original Wild Bunch. The gang was led by Butch Cassidy, and it included his closest friends Elzy Lay, the Sundance Kid, Tall Texan, News Carver, Camilla \"Deaf Charley\" Hanks, Laura Bullion, Flat-Nose Curry, Kid Curry, and Bob Meeks. They were the most successful train-robbing gang in history.

The Wild Bunch gang claimed to make every attempt to abstain from killing people, and Cassidy boasted of having never killed a single man or woman in his entire career. These claims were false, however. Kid Curry, \"Flat-Nose\" Curry, Will \"News\" Carver, and other members of the gang killed numerous people during their flight from law enforcement. Kid Curry alone killed nine lawmen while with the gang, and another two civilians during shootouts, becoming the gang\'s most feared member.[citation needed] Elzy Lay killed another two lawmen following a robbery, for which he was wounded, arrested, and sentenced to life imprisonment. George Curry killed at least two lawmen, before being killed by Grand County, Utah, lawmen.

The gang was also closely associated with female outlaws Ann Bassett and Josie Bassett, whose ranch near Browns Park supplied the gang often with fresh horses and beef. Both Bassett girls became romantically involved with several members of the gang, and both occasionally accompanied the gang to one of their hideouts, called \"Robbers Roost\". Associations with ranchers like these in the area allowed the gang considerable mobility, giving them an easy resupply of fresh horses and supplies, and a place to hole up for a night or two.

At 1:00 am on June 2, 1899, Cassidy, Sundance Kid, Harvey Logan, and Lay robbed a Union Pacific train near Wilcox, Wyoming. They wore masks made from white napkins, possibly pilfered from a Harvey House restaurant. In the holdup, they stole between $30,000 and $60,000. The gang split up afterward, a common ploy to throw off pursuers, and several fled to New Mexico. On July 11, 1899, gang members robbed a train near Folsom, New Mexico, without Cassidy\'s presence. The pursuit by a posse led by Sheriff Ed Farr culminated in two gun battles, during which Sheriff Farr and two deputies were killed. Gang member Sam Ketchum was wounded and died in custody. Elzy Lay, one of Cassidy\'s closest friends and cofounder of the Wild Bunch gang, was wounded and also captured.

James Jackson Jeffries (April 15, 1875 – March 3, 1953) was an American professional boxer and world heavyweight champion. On June 9, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York he defeated Bob Fitzsimmons by KO in the eleventh round to win the Heavyweight Championship of the World.

He was known for his enormous strength and stamina. Using a technique taught to him by his trainer, former welterweight and middleweight Champion Tommy Ryan, Jeffries fought out of a crouch with his left arm extended forward. He was able to absorb tremendous punishment while wearing his opponents down.

Jeffries stood 6 ft 1.5 in tall and weighed 225 pounds in his prime. He could run 100 yards in just over ten seconds, and could high jump over 6 feet. A natural left-hander, he possessed one-punch knockout power in his left hook, and brawled his way to the top of the rankings.

Writer Jack London coined the phrase \"Great White Hope\" to describe Jeffries in his attempt to win the heavyweight crown from African-American champion boxer Jack Johnson in 1910. Jeffries came out of retirement for the fight, urged on by London and many others who wished to see a white man once again reign as heavyweight champion. Jeffries was beaten by Johnson in what was the first prizefight to be billed as the Fight of the Century.

Robert James Fitzsimmons (26 May 1862 – 22 October 1917) was a British professional boxer who was the sport\'s first three-division world champion. He also achieved fame for beating Gentleman Jim Corbett (the man who beat John L. Sullivan), In 1899, Fitzsimmons fought James J. Jeffries at the Coney Island Athletic Club near Brooklyn, New York. Most people gave Jeffries little chance, even though at over 15 stones he massively outweighed his opponent and was far younger, but Jeffries lifted the World Heavyweight Championship from Fitzsimmons with an 11th-round knockout.

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