Express clerk’s silence foiled train robber

Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 2 p.m.

The masked outlaw planned the job out carefully, and thought he was ready for anything. But he met his match in the cool-handed express man, and had to leave almost empty-handed. (Saginaw, Lane County; 1901) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1501a.saginaw-train-robbery.320.html)