Southern Pacific Company Train Robbery Records, 1892-1940
Southern Pacific Company Train Robbery Records, 1892-1940
Collection number: BANC MSS C-A 372
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Scope and Content Note
Case Files 1921-1940
Arrangement
Roy Gardner 1921, 1937-1940
Roy Gardner- photographs 1921
Tom and Sidney Fulcher 1922
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Train holdup at Jaynes, Arizona
Telegrams and General Correspondence regarding Edward Winkler 1922
Newspaper Clippings 1922
State of Arizona vs. F. W. Jirou 1922
Correspondence 1922
Disposition of Reward 1922
Statements 1922
Reward Posters and Notebook 1922
Reward Posters 1922
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Photographs 1922
Hold-up, Train No. 3. Near Jaynes, Arizona. May 15, 1922 BANC MSS C-A 372
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Map of Siskiyou and vicinity 1928
Derailment near Bon, Arizona
Blueprints and maps 1924
Information regarding John and Charles Reeves, L. Williamson 1924
Statements of John Reeves, M. Merritt, M. Farmer 1924
Clarence H. Pruett 1924
Allen G. Fox and Herbert Hamer 1924
Clues 1924
Miscellaneous 1924
Court Documents 1924
Circular File 1924
Newspaper clippings 1924
Telegrams 1924
Statements of Witnesses 1924
Rafael Camargo vs. Southern Pacific 1924
General Information 1924
Statements 1924
State of Arizona vs. Carmago, et.al. 1924
Photographs 1924
Reward Posters 1924
Joseph E. Faulkner and Jack Woods- derailment attempt 1926
Robbery near San Francisco (Train No. 70) 1927
Reward Poster 1927
Robbery on Overland, Limited near Chicago 1928
Robbery on Train No. 75, "The Lark," at Los Angeles
Telegrams 1928
Circulars 1928
Newspaper Clippings 1928
Clues 1928
Notes and miscellaneous 1928
Suspects 1928
F. D. Moses 1928
Harry L. Davis 1928
Suspects 1928
Circular file 1928
AT&SF 1928
Captain Vernon Craig 1928
Witness Statements 1928
D. O'Connell's working file 1928
Robbery on Train No. 36 at McAvoy 1929
Derailment at Saugus
Sheriff's Office work 1929
Miscellaneous 1929
Suspects 1929
Reward Files and Claims 1929
Evidence 1929
Officers' Reports 1929
Suspects 1929
Statements 1929
Telegrams 1929
Miscellaneous 1929
Board of Inquiry 1929
Thomas Vernon and Jesse C. Rumsey 1929
Thomas Vernon 1929
Photographs 1929
Reward Posters 1929
Robbery on Train No. 17 at Cheyenne, Wyoming 1929
Attempted derailment at Ming, Arizona, of Train No. 4
General file 1929
Suspects 1929
Robbery at San Francisco on Train No. 76
General file 1932
San Francisco Police teletypes 1932
Statements 1932
Circular File 1932
Harry J. Johnson 1932
Suspects 1932
Jesse C. Rumsey 1932
Reports to General Manager 1932
Reward Claims 1932
Reward Poster 1932
Attempted derailment of Train No. 76 at Garin's Spur 1932
Reward poster
Robbery on Train No. 2 near Ontario, California 1933
De Autrement Case 1923-1927
Arrangement
General Files 1923-1927
Photographs 1923-1927
Circulars 1923-1927
Correspondence regarding Circulars 1923-1924
Correspondence regarding Circulars 1925-1927
Maps 1923-1927
Maps and Blueprints 1923-1927
State vs. De Autremont 1927
Clues 1923-1927
Reward posters 1923-1927
Photographs 1923-1927
Register, Western Hotel, Medford, Oregon 1923
Letters to D. O'Connell 1923-1926
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Clues 1923-1927
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Clues 1924-1926
Arrangement
Clues 1925-1927
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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings 1923-1927
Scrapbooks 1892-1933
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding train robbers and robberies 1892-1907
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Scrapbook of miscellaneous newspaper clippings 1907-1908
Scrapbook of clippings 1907-1915
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Scrapbook of clippings 1910-1917
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Scrapbook of clippings 1917-1920
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Scrapbook of clippings 1920-1922
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Scrapbook of clippings 1921-1922
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Scrapbook of miscellaneous clippings 1922-1932
Scrapbook of clippings 1921-1922
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Scrapbooks of clippings regarding strike of Railroad Shopcrafts Union 1922
Scrapbook of miscellaneous clippings 1933
Scrapbook of reward circulars 1920-1927
Record of criminals circa 1925-1930
Scrapbook of accounts of train robberies and circulars 1913-1920
$5000 REWARD (album page 3). December 1913 BANC MSS C-A 372
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Holdup of #15, at Copley (page 4g). March 31, 1904 BANC MSS C-A 372
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REWARD! $14,400.00, Holdup of Southern Pacific Train No. 13, 1st Section, at Siskiyou, October 11, 1923 (page 90). October 24, 1923. BANC MSS C-A 372
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Holdup First 13, 12:43 P.M., October 11th, 1923, Siskiyou Ore. (page 102). October 1923 BANC MSS C-A 372
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Holdup First 13, 12:43 PM., October 11th, 1923, Siskiyou, Ore., showing where pack sacks and foot pads were found on bank at West end of Tunnel 13 (page 104). October 1923 BANC MSS C-A 372
Mug shots of George Contant, alias George Sontag; Christopher Evans; and Ed Morrell, alias Ed Martin (page 135). BANC MSS C-A 372
Photo of wreck, show rail sprung out of alignment, also Pullman car Santa Cruz laying at the foot of the embankment (page 143). 1891 BANC MSS C-A 372
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Scrapbook regarding wanted persons, circulars 1927-1932
Scrapbook regarding penitentiary escapes and parole violations 1915-1917
Scrapbook regarding penitentiary escapes and parole violations 1917-1923
Scrapbook regarding circulars, escapes 1918-1921
Scrapbook regarding penitentiary escapes and parole violations 1922-1924
Scrapbook regarding penitentiary escapes and parole violations 1920-1926
General Files 1906-1937
Arrangement
California State penal code 1906
Fleagle Brothers 1909-1911
Southern Pacific rule books 1917, 1922
Directory of special agents and railroad police 1919
DeMoss, George O.- Medical License 1921
Ersepke Case 1922
Reward Posters 1924-1929
Losses by theft of Southern Pacific Company property 1925, 1926
Placards displayed by "Communists" 1928
R.E. Fleagle- handwriting specimens circa 1929
Jake Fleagle- fingerprints circa 1929
McAvoy Suspects- negatives 1929
Robert O. Smith 1929
Timecards 1929
H.C. Young 1932
FBI Booklets on Criminal Investigation 1933, 1937
File on longshoremen's strike 1934
Register of persons entering Southern Pacific Building 1934
Miscellaneous 1926, 1928
Unidentified photographs undated
Address book undated