books.google.co.uk - The train robbery by the James-Younger gang in 1874 at Gads Hill, Missouri, was a big news item of the day. American newspapers from as far away as New York and Boston carried the story, and journalists in St. Louis, Chicago, and even European cities wrote scathing editorials about the crime. In time,...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Jesse_James_and_the_First_Missouri_Train.html?id=Qz1GCSsoU5QC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareJesse James and the First Missouri Train Robbery