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The Great Train RobberyAddress:
Road 22 and 68
About this Exploration: ![]() The turn of the century's equivalent to an all-points bulletin had been issued. All law enforcement agencies and media to the east and west were notified to watch out for the desperadoes. However, the news did not reach Earl and Lillian Bartholomew on their farm northeast of Goodland. On August 7, the brothers arrived the Bartholomew farm. The family was completely ignorant of their visitors' identity, but they refused to allow the brothers food and shelter. The robbers said they were from Iowa headed to California. They were carrying guns for protection from tramps. They asked for a few days' stay. Finally, the family relented and the pair bedded down in the Bartholomew kitchen. They refused to go into Goodland, saying that their clothes were too ragged for them to appear in public. Instead, they paid Bartholomews' son to go into town and buy a newspaper each day.
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![]() Donna Price
925 Main
Goodland, KS 67735 Phone: 785.890.3515 Fax: 785.890.6980 ![]() |