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Capa de Desperadoes

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Desperadoes

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On the 26th June, 1883, the westbound train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad was held up in Prowers County, Colorado. The robbers were recognized as the Benson gang, led by Floyd Benson and Emmett Green, both notorious …

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On the 26th June, 1883, the westbound train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad was held up in Prowers County, Colorado. The robbers were recognized as the Benson gang, led by Floyd Benson and Emmett Green, both notorious desperadoes. The railroad immediately posted a reward for their capture and called in the Pinkerton Detective Agency. But when a bible-punching bounty hunter caught and hanged one of the gang, raping and killing Floyd Benson’s girl in the process, the hunted stopped in their tracks and became the hunters.

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"On the 26th June, 1883, the westbound train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad was held up in Prowers County, Colorado. The robbers were recognized as the Benson …"

— Margaret

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