$1000 reward!... for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who robbed Southern Express Car on Train No. 11... on the evening of January 27, 1902.

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$1000 reward!... for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who robbed Southern Express Car on Train No. 11... on the evening of January 27, 1902.

Broadside proclamation from Gov. McSweeney offering $1000 reward for capture of train robbers who struck 27 Jan.1902 "near Fifty-Eight Mile Station" in Dorchester County, S.C.; reward money posted by the State of South Carolina ($400) and the Southern Express Company and the Southern Railway Company ($600).

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South Carolina. Governor (1899-1903 : McSweeney)

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Southern Express Company

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McSweeney, Miles Benjamin, 1855-1909

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Southern Railway (U.S.)

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Organized in 1894 from the bankrupt Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and several other railroad companies; headquartered in Washington, D.C. From the description of Records, 1891-1972. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410983 Formed in 1894; combined with Norfolk and Western Railway to become Norfolk Southern Corporation in 1982. From the description of Records, 1899-1950. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 28414535 ...