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The life and crimes of Railroad Bill, legendary African American desperado, Larry L. Massey

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-179)

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The life and crimes of Railroad Bill

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Larry L. Massey

legendary African American desperado

For over a year, Railroad Bill (a.k.a. Morris Slater) eluded sheriffs, private detectives hired by the L&N line, and bounty hunters who traveled across the country to match guns with the legendary desperado. The African American outlaw was wanted on multiple charges of robbery and murder, and rumor had it that he stole from the rich to give to the poor. He terrorized busy train lines from east of Mobile to the Florida Panhandle, but as soon as the lawmen got close, he disappeared into the bayous and pine forests--until one day his luck ran out, and he was gunned down inside a general store in Atmore, Alabama. Litt

Part I. Becoming Railroad Bill : 1. An Eyewitness Interview ; 2. Circus Performer ; 3. Trouble on the Railroad ; 4. The Desperado Wyatt Tate ; 5. The Murder of Marshal Douglass -- Part II. Days of the Desperado : 6. Gunfight at Hurricane Bayou ; 7. Gunfight at Stewart's Barn ; 8. The Death of Mark Stinson ; 9. The Murder of Sheriff Edward McMillan ; 10. Dragnet in the Panhandle ; 11. The Castleberry Chase ; 12. Unintended Victims ; 13. The Death of Railroad Bill ; 14. A Morbid Business -- Conclusion : Endless FolkloreNotes