Last train robbery in Missouri

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Some folks claim the last train robbery in Missouri (and maybe the country) ended in a shootout in Wittenberg in 1922.

The last member of the Jesse James gang and a young accomplice were killed when they made the mistake of picking a federal agent to be their getaway car driver.

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http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/missouris-last-train-robbery/

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