Title: Today in history
Description: Describes an event that took place on October 6, 1866, when thieves boarded the Adam Express Company car near Seymour, Indiana, demanded the keys to the safes and were successful in taking their valuables. This event is considered one of the first train robberies in the United States. Also features accounts of other train robberies that followed this event, identifies the gangs that were involved in this type of crime, and the establishment of one of the first detective agencies that specialized in the capture of train robbers and counterfeiters.
Subjects: Train robberies, History, Brigands and robbers
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century