— THE WAGES OF GREED — Outlaw James F. Berry arrived at his home near Mexico, Missouri, after dark in the fall of 1877, his saddlebags crammed with several thousand dollars in gold coins.

The small fortune represented Berry’s share of the loot stolen in a train robbery at an isolated railroad stop at Big Springs, Nebraska, on September 18th.

Berry and five other members of the Black [...]
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