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1916: Last Stagecoach Robbery

Nothing other than a shootout screams Wild West more than a murderous horse drawn stagecoach robbery. The last time this happened, was on December 5th, 1916 near the mining town of Jarbidge, Nevada.

The driver, Fred Searcy was delivering mail and a $4,000 mining payroll in a two horse wagon, which if you really stretch your eye may 1349

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look like a stagecoach. While on route to the town through a canyon a man ambushed the wagon and shot Searcy in the back of the head.

Eventually, after the delivery failed to materialize a search party went out. Clues, such as a long overcoat and bloody palm prints, led to the arrest of three men; Ben Kuhl, Ed Beck, and William McGraw. The three turned on one another. McGraw testified that Beck owned the gun, and Beck testified that Kuhl admitted to killing Searcy and testified that he was the murderer.

This was corroborated by a bloody palm print. Kuhl, while sentenced to death, was commuted to a life sentence, while Beck and McGraw were let off more lightly. This throwback event was the last of its type and could be the final Wild West crime.

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