Bedlam on the West Virginia Rails:: The Last Train Bandit Tells His True Tale

Bedlam on the West Virginia Rails:: The Last Train Bandit Tells His True Tale

by Wilson Casey
Bedlam on the West Virginia Rails:: The Last Train Bandit Tells His True Tale

Bedlam on the West Virginia Rails:: The Last Train Bandit Tells His True Tale

by Wilson Casey

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Overview

In 1949, two bandits from Youngstown, Ohio, boarded a B&O passenger train from Washington, D.C., to Detroit. In the West Virginia mountains near Martinsburg, Luman "Lu" Ramsdell and his gang stopped the train to rob and terrorize nearly 150 people on board. They pistol-whipped several and shot at others before exiting the train to next rob a tavern and hijack getaway cars. National headlines likened the event to the exploits of Jesse James and the infamous days of the Wild West. Lu and the gang led authorities on a chase that ended with a harrowing shootout five blocks from the White House. Climb aboard with author Wilson Casey for a firsthand account from the head bandit himself in this true tale of America's last moving train robbery.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626198937
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 03/16/2015
Series: True Crime
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Wilson Casey, a.k.a. the Trivia Guy, is one of the country's foremost trivia aficionados, with a syndicated newspaper column, an award-winning website (TriviaGuy.com) and a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest-running radio trivia marathon broadcast. His various published works include books and daily box calendars and cover many subjects. When not out speaking, promoting, emceeing and entertaining, he lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina, as an avid tennis player.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Acknowledgements 15

Death Notice for Luman Ramsdell 17

1 Troubled Youth and Military Days 23

2 Crooked Horse Betting 30

3 All Aboard! 40

4 The Takeover 48

5 To the Engine Car! 59

6 Bar Robbery of Fifty People 80

7 Identified at the Diner 85

8 Avoiding Blockade 94

9 Outdrawn by Police 100

10 Happy Trails 110

Epilogue 121

Appendix I Point-Blank Questions 125

Appendix II Comments from the Community 131

Appendix III Miscellaneous Lu 137

Sources 141

About the Author 143

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