Rube Burrow, King of Outlaws

About this eBook

Author

Agee, George W. (George Washington), 1846-1909

Title

Rube Burrow, king of outlaws, and his band of train robbers : An accurate and faithful history of their exploits and adventures

Original Publication

Chicago: The Henneberry Company, 1890.

Credits

Richard Hulse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

Burrow, Rube, 1854-1890

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73001

Release Date

February 20, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RUBE BURROW , King of Outlaws ,
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.RUBE BURROW. — CHAPTER I. LAMAR COUNTY, ALABAMA—THE HOME OF THE BURROW FAMILY—BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF RUBE BURROW’S ANCESTORS.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. RUBE LEAVES LAMAR COUNTY, ALABAMA—HIS EARLY LIFE IN THE LONE STAR STATE—HIS BROTHER JIM JOINS HIM—THE BELLEVUE, GORDON AND BEN BROOK, TEXAS, TRAIN ROBBERIES.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. THE GENOA, ARK., ROBBERY, DECEMBER 9, 1887—ARREST OF WILLIAM BROCK—HIS CONFESSION.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE PINKERTONS AFTER RUBE AND JIM BURROW IN LAMAR COUNTY—THEIR NARROW ESCAPE.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. LUBE AND JIM BOARD AN L. & N. RAILWAY TRAIN AT BROCK’S GAP—THEIR ARREST AND THE SUBSEQUENT ESCAPE OF RUBE.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. RUBE BURROW RETURNS TO LAMAR COUNTY—JOE JACKSON JOINS HIM IN MARCH, 1888—THEIR TRIP INTO BALDWIN COUNTY, ALABAMA.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. THE RIDE INTO ARKANSAS TO LIBERATE JIM BURROW—FAILURE AND RETURN TO MISSISSIPPI.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. RUBE BURROW AND JOE JACKSON LEAVE ARKANSAS—THEY TURN UP AS COTTON PICKERS IN TATE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. JIM BURROW ARRAIGNED—TRIAL POSTPONED—HIS RETURN TO LITTLE ROCK PRISON—LETTERS HOME—HIS DEATH IN PRISON.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. THE DUCK HILL, MISS., ROBBERY—THE KILLING OF PASSENGER CHESTER HUGHES.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. THE COLD-BLOODED MURDER OF MOSES GRAVES, THE POSTMASTER OF JEWELL, ALABAMA.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. RUBE SMITH JOINS RUBE BURROW AND JOE JACKSON—THE BUCKATUNNA ROBBERY. — STATEMENT OF ENGINEER THERRILL.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. THE CAPTURE OF RUBE SMITH AND JAMES M’CLUNG AT AMORY, MISS.—M’CLUNG’S CONFESSION—A PLAN TO ROB THE TRAIN FALLS THROUGH—A SAFE ROBBERY NIPPED IN THE BUD. — M’CLUNG’S CONFESSION.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. A FALSE ALARM—THE OX-CART TRIP TO FLORIDA—THE SEPARATION—RUBE LOCATED AT BROXTON FERRY—HIS ESCAPE.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. CAPTURE OF JOE JACKSON.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. CONFESSION OF LEONARD CALVERT BROCK, ALIAS JOE JACKSON, MADE AT MEMPHIS, TENN., JULY 19, 1890, AND CORRECTED AND AMENDED AT JACKSON, MISS., OCTOBER 16, 1890.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. RUBE SMITH’S PLOT TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON—HIS PLANS DISCOVERED—THE TELL-TALE LETTERS.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. RUBE BURROW HARBORED IN SANTA ROSA—THE FLOMATON ROBBERY.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. RUBE ROUTED FROM FLORIDA—THE CHASE INTO MARENGO COUNTY, ALA.—HIS CAPTURE.
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. RUBE’S LAST DESPERATE ACT—ESCAPE FROM JAIL—THE DEADLY DUEL ON THE STREETS OF LINDEN—THE OUTLAW KILLED.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. TRAGIC SUICIDE OF L. C. BROCK, ALIAS JOE JACKSON—HE LEAPS FROM THE FOURTH STORY OF THE PRISON INTO THE OPEN COURT, SIXTY FEET BELOW, CAUSING INSTANT DEATH—HIS LAST STATEMENT.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. RUBE SMITH’S TRIAL FOR THE BUCKATUNNA MAIL ROBBERY—AN UNSUCCESSFUL ALIBI—PERJURED WITNESSES—MASTERLY SPEECHES—CONVICTION AND SENTENCE.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. CONCLUSION. — Transcriber’s Notes

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